The President's News Conference
02/07/1976
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I believe I speak for all of us when I say that Secretary Kissinger, whom we are honoring tonight, we have been impresse...
I believe it presents a candid appraisal of what we have learned and what remains to be done.
Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.
Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.