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Gerald Ford: “I am advising the Congress that failure to take the necessary remedial actions will result in a revised 1977 estimate…”

On the recordAugust 22, 1976
I am advising the Congress that failure to take the necessary remedial actions will result in a revised 1977 estimate for National Defense of $116.3 billion.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Message to the Congress on the 1977 Defense Budget

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