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Gerald Ford: “I have recommended $112.7 billion--a $1.7 billion increase for strategic forces and $4.5 billion increase in general…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1976
I have recommended $112.7 billion--a $1.7 billion increase for strategic forces and $4.5 billion increase in general purpose forces.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Meeting With Members of the House Budget Committee To Discuss the Fiscal Year 1977 Defense Budget.

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