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Teddy Roosevelt: “It has been my purpose from the beginning of my administration to take the Indian Service completely out of the…”

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It has been my purpose from the beginning of my administration to take the Indian Service completely out of the atmosphere of political activity, and there has been steady progress toward that end.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses his commitment to removing political influence from the Indian Service.

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