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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.
Notwithstanding increased attention to the District of Columbia by the Federal Government in recent years, there is persuasive evidence that much remains to be done if the Nation's Capital is to be a capital in which all Americans can take…
This Nation has proven the doubters wrong time and again, and will not fall prey to such weakness now.
We will move forward at a reasonable rate the programs to broaden opportunities for the poor or disadvantaged and continue the steady advance in their effectiveness achieved in the last 3 years.
Major Fisher has won this honor--the Nation's highest honor--because of uncommon gallantry in the face of death.
I would like through all these gallant men to honor the men of the United States Air Force who are serving us in Vietnam and in that area.
They deserve the best their Nation can offer them because they are the best of this Nation.
I also want you to know that I am grateful for your willingness to remain available to serve your country when needed.
You and Mary have been a source of great strength to Lady Bird and me.
It is never easy to part with a member of our official family or adequately to convey how much we will miss him.
We have been working this afternoon on the details of the deferments and the withholding that we indicated to Chairman Mills and others back in September.
We propose to reduce the program level not by $3 billion, but by $5.3 billion.
We are trying to withhold the appropriated funds that Congress gave us to the extent of $1 billion.
One of the handicaps we have is the appropriation bills came the latter part of the year.
In doing so, he is doing so at great sacrifice to himself financially and to his family recreationally.
I said, when I realized we would have a new Transportation Department, that I wanted to look this country over and select the most competent man available for this assignment.
But I had the best personnel man in the Government look far and wide throughout the land.
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