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On the recordJuly 11, 1966
I hope that I am reasonably accurate when I tell you that the budget deficit that we predicted in January of this year--that we are hopeful when we get the final figures the middle of the month, that our deficit will be less than half of what we thought it would be.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Department of Defense Cost Reduction Ceremony.

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