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Lyndon Johnson: “This Nation can mount a major military effort on the other side of the globe, and we can transfer hundreds of thousands…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1966
This Nation can mount a major military effort on the other side of the globe, and we can transfer hundreds of thousands of men 10,000 miles away from home without too much difficulty.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Delegates to the Conference of State Committees on Criminal Administration.

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