Lyndon Johnson actually said...
Therefore, I am giving serious consideration to asking the Congress to appropriate at an early date an additional $700 million to meet the mounting military needs primarily in Viet-Nam and such expenses as we have had in the Dominican Republic and that we may have in the days to come.
Context
Remarks to Committee Members on the Need for Additional Appropriations for Military Purposes in Viet-Nam and the Dominican...
05/03/1965