I will reject any advice to pull down the Stars and Stripes and sail home from the seas of the world.
I still think there is an opportunity to salvage the situation in Vietnam.
It is essential to our national security, and it is more essential today than it was in January.
I remain committed to a Navy second to none in readiness, capability, and dedication to our Nation's highest ideals.
This is not a moment for despair or for fatalism.
The United States has been doing and will continue to do its utmost to assist these people.
It is really a great privilege and honor for me to have the opportunity of joining in this obviously very successful conference.
We stand ready to defend ourselves and support our allies as surely as we always have.
America has the will, America has the resources, America has the know-how, and America has the faith.
I will not engage in recriminations or attempts to assess the blame, nor should any of us.
I can assure you that I will abide totally with the War Powers Act that was enacted by the Congress several years ago.