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On the recordJanuary 19, 1966
I come back to Independence to be with one of the world's most persistent searchers for peace in the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Independence, Mo., at a Ceremony in Connection With the Establishment of the Harry S. Truman Center for the...

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