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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 10, 1966

I am happy that I can count on your outstanding talents and ability for this important job.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 10, 1966

Nothing in this Order shall be construed as subjecting any Federal agency, or any function vested by law in, or assigned pursuant to law to, any Federal agency, to the authority of the Committee or as abrogating or restricting any such…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 10, 1966

This year the United Nations is twenty-one years old, and Americans should join other peoples of the world in welcoming it to majority.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 10, 1966

By 1970, our State governments, Governor Hughes, must grow by more than 600,000 to keep pace with the times.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 10, 1966

The General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that October twenty-fourth, the date of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945, should be dedicated each year to making known the purposes, principles, and…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

I reviewed with them some of my views on Vietnam from the day I took over the Presidency: on education, health, agriculture, the economy of South Vietnam, my Baltimore speech, the Honolulu Conference, our desire to get the Government of…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

We not only have military problems here, as everyone knows, but we have political problems and economic problems.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

Earlier this afternoon he reported to me privately in some detail about the events in his area of the world and his evaluation of the situation there.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

I asked him to join me in the Cabinet Room and make available to my other counselors here his impressions and judgments and conclusions, as well as a general review.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

We had a discussion of the political and economic situation, the issues as he sees them--a general report from Ambassador Lodge.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 8, 1966

I want you to know that I'll never be too busy to pay my respects to a great American.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 8, 1966

I am proud to honor this request and do hereby extend to the Honorable Harry S Truman this expression of our profound and lasting gratitude and appreciation for his long years of devoted service to his country.

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