Martin Luther King
10/10/1980
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You and Betty have my best wishes, and my thanks on behalf of a nation which has benefited from your service.
I want to express my thanks to those who have served and who will now be leaving.
As President, I am also determined to maintain America's leadership in space.
Much of our social and economic progress depends upon a firm base of science and technology.