Whatever the price and whatever the pressures, the President must insist on a national defense posture that is lean and muscular and flexible.
Jimmy Carter: “Whatever the price and whatever the pressures, the President must insist on a national defense posture that is lean and…”
On the recordAugust 23, 1976
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Address to the American Legion Convention in Seattle, Washington
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