Lyndon Johnson actually said...

No, I think all of you who have been around here through the years--particularly when we have had testimony on military matters and times when we are engaged with the enemy or when we are fighting Communists--know that we have tried to work out a procedure.

Context

The President's News Conference

02/03/1966

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