03/04/1975
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"I can tell you without any hesitation or qualification that the military capability of the United States today is unsurpassed, period."
"I call upon the Governors of the fifty States to issue similar proclamations."
"Congress, in the 1975 fiscal year budget for the Defense Department, imposed a 26,000 cut in civilian employment across the military installations."
"I would never promise more than I could produce."