Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Your objective, in this second step, should be to reduce U.S. employment by substantially more than the 10 percent immediate reduction taken in the first step.

Context

Memorandums Directing a Reduction of Personnel and Official Travel Overseas

01/17/1968

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