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Lyndon Johnson: I have come tonight to ask this Congress and this Nation to resolve that issue: to meet our commitments at home and…

On the recordJanuary 9, 1967
I have come tonight to ask this Congress and this Nation to resolve that issue: to meet our commitments at home and abroad-to continue to build a better America--and to reaffirm this Nation's allegiance to freedom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union.

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