I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
Executive Order 11104—U.S.S. Thresher
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It is a great pleasure for Mrs. Kennedy and myself to welcome the Black Watch to the White House.
It symbolizes, I believe, this highway, first of all, the partnership between the Federal Government and the States, which is essential to the progress of all of our people.
But don't make it impossible for us to function by legislative restraints or inadequate appropriations.
Well, I don't think it is probably useful to discuss it in detail here.
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