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On the recordMay 17, 1975
The execution of the order, or orders--that was easy, because I knew that we had great marines, great airmen, great seamen, great soldiers who would carry out those orders and do what was right for America and do it successfully.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks by Telephone to a Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, Honoring Former Senators George Aiken and Norris Cotton.

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