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Lyndon Johnson: “Our objective in Vietnam is very simple: We want the killing to stop and the people of Vietnam to make their own future…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
Our objective in Vietnam is very simple: We want the killing to stop and the people of Vietnam to make their own future in peace.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, Ohio

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