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Lyndon Johnson: “So here today in the East Room in the White House we will end the last vestige of discrimination--I hope--in our Armed…”

On the recordNovember 7, 1967
So here today in the East Room in the White House we will end the last vestige of discrimination--I hope--in our Armed Forces.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing Bill Providing Equal Opportunity in Promotions for Women in the Armed Forces

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