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On the recordJuly 19, 1965
At the insistence of the President of his country, he has accepted this call to duty.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Announcing the Nomination of Arthur J. Goldberg as U.S. Representative to the United Nations

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