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Lyndon Johnson: “Therefore, I am giving serious consideration to asking the Congress to appropriate at an early date an additional $700…”

On the recordMay 3, 1965
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.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Committee Members on the Need for Additional Appropriations for Military Purposes in Viet-Nam and the Dominican...

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