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On the recordJune 16, 1965
This morning I am going to take a moment to express my deep, personal gratitude and my admiration to the man whose ability and whose great brain, whose energy and whose diligence, whose imagination and initiative and abiding faith represent one of America's major assets--the Administrator of NASA, Jim Webb.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Presentation of NASA Exceptional Service Awards Following the Flight of Gemini 4.

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