08/08/1966
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"We are a rich nation and can afford to make progress at home while meeting obligations abroad--in fact, we can afford no other course if we are to remain strong."
"I am grateful for your strong support of our effort to move the war in Vietnam to the conference table."
"We must give them the support they need in fulfillment of the commitment so accurately stated in your letter--\the determination of our Government to resist the terror and aggression which deny the pe..."
"For a month we have held our hand in an important area of military action."