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On the recordAugust 19, 1966
We are there for another reason, too, and that is because the United States must stand behind its word, even when conditions have added to the cost of honoring a pledge that was given a decade ago.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Navy League Luncheon, Manchester, New Hampshire.

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