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Lyndon Johnson: “Abroad, half of the world's people struggle daily against hunger, disease, and poverty.”

On the recordDecember 14, 1966
Abroad, half of the world's people struggle daily against hunger, disease, and poverty.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree

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