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On the recordFebruary 27, 1968
We are asking him to attack the root causes of violence and turmoil--poverty, disease, ignorance, and hopelessness.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the Medal of Freedom to Robert S. McNamara

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Apr 24, 1968

He is that rarest of all visitors to this house--a man who is nonpolitical by law.

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