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Gerald Ford: Cutting the muscle out of America's defenses is not the best way to ensure peace.

On the recordAugust 31, 1976
Cutting the muscle out of America's defenses is not the best way to ensure peace.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the General Conference of the National Guard Association

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