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Lyndon Johnson: “Education gets more money in this budget than any other items except interest on the public debt, some $12 billion, and…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1966
Education gets more money in this budget than any other items except interest on the public debt, some $12 billion, and the Defense Department, which, as you know, exceeds $50 billion.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the 'Cold War GI Bill' (Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966)

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