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Gerald Ford: “Of the nearly 146,009 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1974, 19,810 were…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1975
Of the nearly 146,009 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1974, 19,810 were adopted.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Reports on the Military Incentive Awards Program

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