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.
Lyndon Johnson: “We are there for another reason, too, and that is because the United States must stand behind its word, even when…”
On the recordAugust 19, 1966
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Remarks at a Navy League Luncheon, Manchester, New Hampshire.
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