The President's News Conference
07/20/1949
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The Medal of Freedom shall not be awarded to a citizen of the United States for any act or service performed within the continental limits o...
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law 24, 79th Congress), sec...
It is my desire, therefore, that, with the exception of the War Department, the Navy Department, the Treasury Department, the Veterans Admin...
I urge ratification. I urge prompt ratification.