04/20/1966
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"We must remember that our budgetary costs--our current out-of-pocket expenditures--do not always provide a true measure of the cost of Government activities."
"The commercial satellite service will advance to provide this new and unique telecommunications capability to other areas of the world."
"You have not only your President's gratitude, but the gratitude of the American people for your leadership."
"A new communications era has begun."