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Lyndon Johnson: “I came to New York to tell you and to tell the country tonight that we can meet our commitments, and we can keep our…”

On the recordNovember 8, 1967
I came to New York to tell you and to tell the country tonight that we can meet our commitments, and we can keep our word at home and abroad--and we will.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in New York City at the Jewish Labor Committee Dinner Honoring George Meany.

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