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Lyndon Johnson: “Each evening when I retire, I take up-from a bedside table--reports from the battlefront and reports from the capitals…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 1966
Each evening when I retire, I take up-from a bedside table--reports from the battlefront and reports from the capitals around the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in New York City Upon Receiving the National Freedom Award

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