Lyndon Johnson actually said...

How sad it is that such great sums must be spent for the bombs and the planes and the gunpowders of war.

Remarks at the Signing of the Supplemental Military Authorization Bill

03/14/1966

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This just carries out a commitment that we have made.

But we do plan definitely to withhold $1.1 billion, or to defer it.

One of the handicaps we have is the appropriation bills came the latter part of the year.

We propose to reduce the program level not by $3 billion, but by $5.3 billion.