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On the recordMay 29, 1966
In Vietnam the United States is committed to a decent and a limited purpose: to defeat aggression and to let the people of Vietnam decide in peace their own political future.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Memorial Day Service in Arlington National Cemetery

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