The President's News Conference
02/06/1946
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I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.
Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized...
The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as...