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On the recordAugust 16, 1966
You had no particular occasion to become intimately familiar with the work of the Central Intelligence Agency, but you were willing to serve your country again.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the National Security Medal to Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr.

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