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On the recordFebruary 25, 1966
But I think if your friends on the Washington Post and New York Herald Tribune could have observed what happened over there yesterday with almost 300 Members of Congress, when one Congressman said, `Mr. President, I want to tell you that the American Nation is proud of the Secretary of State,' there was a spontaneous outburst and every Member in the room stood and applauded.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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