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On the recordApril 27, 1965
Without thought of gain, without thought of conquest, without wish for aggrandizement, we have committed our lives, our property, our resources, and our sacred honor to the freedom and peace of other men, indeed to the freedom and peace of all mankind.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Admiral Raborn and Richard Helms as Director and Deputy Director, CIA.

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