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On the recordAugust 23, 1976
Whatever the price and whatever the pressures, the President must insist on a national defense posture that is lean and muscular and flexible.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Address to the American Legion Convention in Seattle, Washington

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