The troops are best served when the people here in Washington find a way to produce a policy that lives up to the high sacrifice that they're called on to make.
Arthur Vandenberg: “The troops are best served when the people here in Washington find a way to produce a policy that lives up to the high…”
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Emphasizing the importance of bipartisan support for military policies.
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