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Lyndon Johnson: “Then, when you had gone to a well-earned retirement--you had taken up another congenial occupation--I called you back to…”

On the recordAugust 16, 1966
Then, when you had gone to a well-earned retirement--you had taken up another congenial occupation--I called you back to Washington, once again asking you to undertake for your country what may have been the most formidable task of your career.
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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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