Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Today I have signed an Executive Order 'Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Present and Former Officers and Employees of the Foreign Service.'

Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Need for a Unified and Flexible Foreign Affairs...

05/05/1965

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