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On the recordMarch 2, 1966
I am going to sign this measure this morning notwithstanding the fact that it goes further than I was willing to ask for this year, because, paraphrasing what Secretary Rusk said the other day in response to a question from Congress, he said, 'Well, Senator, could it be that they could perhaps be wrong?'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the 'Cold War GI Bill' (Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966)

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