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On the recordApril 27, 1967
General Westmoreland told me at Cam Ranh Bay, 'Mr. President, no armed forces anywhere, at any time, commanded by any commander in chief, were up to the group that we have in Vietnam today.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Luncheon for General Westmoreland.

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