On the recordJuly 11, 1966
This is not only $400 million more than your goal, than had been expected, but it occurred at the very same time that you were building up a military force of some 350,000 in Southeast Asia
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presidency.ucsb.eduThis is not only $400 million more than your goal, than had been expected, but it occurred at the very same time that you were building up a military force of some 350,000 in Southeast Asia
Remarks at the Department of Defense Cost Reduction Ceremony.
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