On the recordDecember 5, 1979
I promised you in my own campaign more than 3 years ago, that if I was elected President that one of my goals would be to establish a separate Department of Education.
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presidency.ucsb.eduJimmy Carter: “I promised you in my own campaign more than 3 years ago, that if I was elected President that one of my goals would be…”
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Department of Education Remarks at the Swearing In of Shirley Hufstedler as Secretary
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