Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"It has been our policy to have Cabinet meetings where specific members have been asked to report on our conservation policy, our resource policy, Vietnam, or the Alliance for Progress, for example."

"As I say, they ranged from economic policy, the situation in agriculture, balance of payments, the labor situation, the cost of living, exports, and other general matters."

"To identify urban development problems of particular States, metropolitan areas, or communities which require interagency or intergovernmental coordination."

"So long as aggression continues in South Vietnam, we will turn it back."