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Gerald Ford: “Your objective is a very simple one: to place veterans, the handicapped, and the disadvantaged people in private sector…”

On the recordApril 7, 1975
Your objective is a very simple one: to place veterans, the handicapped, and the disadvantaged people in private sector jobs where they have the greatest opportunity to do for themselves.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Reception for Members of the National Alliance of Businessmen.

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