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Lyndon Johnson: “We all want to win this war—not in 90 days, but in 9 days, or 9 hours, or 9 minutes, if we can.”

On the recordOctober 12, 1966
We all want to win this war—not in 90 days, but in 9 days, or 9 hours, or 9 minutes, if we can.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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The President's News Conference in Washington on His Return From the Columbus Day Trip

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