Annual Budget Message to the Congress
01/20/1976
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Funds appropriated to the President for carrying out the Act shall be deemed to be allocated to the Secretary of Defense...
We must also be aware that the events of the past year have left an agenda of unresolved problems.
I believe the answer to this question is unequivocally and categorically in the affirmative.
The activities of MNC's, however, have prompted questions about their obligations to both home and host countries.