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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 5, 1966

Payment of the following expenses or allowances in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, or upon termination of examination, treatment, or care, may be made before the completion of travel: a. The mileage allowance and…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 5, 1966

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 111 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as amended by the Act of June 18, 1966 (Public Law 89-455), it is hereby ordered as follows:

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

United States planes are reducing supply depots, bridges, oil fields, and military installations to rubble.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

Two years ago I called for a fair deal for the men and the women who grow our food.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

Europe knows peace today, Europe is peaceful tonight because free men stood firm in Greece and in Berlin.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

And as you the leaders of the workingmen, as you the spokesmen for the house of labor, as you the individual members of the various unions--as you work forward toward peace and prosperity in this land and in this world, I pledge you that…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

I am a free man, first. An American, second. A public servant where you can serve humanity, third. And a Democrat, fourth--but in that order.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

The United States of America says tonight, through their President: we are ready, willing, and anxious to withdraw our troops.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

Remember the old man who said he always felt bad when he felt good, because he was afraid that tomorrow he might feel worse.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

Two years ago I asked for the best education that a rich nation could possibly give our young boys and girls.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

This is my faith: that we, the American people, have the courage, have the fortitude, have the patience and the persistence to see Vietnam through to the end.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

I am especially grateful to all of you for coming here and extending to me and Mrs. Johnson this evening the warm welcome and hospitality that is so typical of this great State of Ohio.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1966

The peoples of other nations want to play a bigger part in running their own affairs and in shaping their own destiny.

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