The President's News Conference
09/29/1976
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It is my particular pleasure to be able to give special recognition to this great American this evening before this dist...
Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.
Of those suggestions submitted, more than 296,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in exces...
Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.