Jimmy Carter: “My goal as Secretary has been to demonstrate that Government can do…”

On the recordJuly 18, 1979

My goal as Secretary has been to demonstrate that Government can do all these things, not only with compassion, but with competence.

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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Exchange of Letters on the Resignation of Joseph A. Califano, Jr., as Secretary...

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