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On the recordMarch 14, 1966
In my Baltimore declaration of April of last year, I said to the people of the world how much we would welcome taking some of the funds that we are now spending in bombs and bullets and putting in efforts to rid that area of disease and disaster and provide education and training.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Supplemental Military Authorization Bill

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