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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 2, 1965

One of the oldest and one of the most honored offices of the Government of the United States is the Office of Military Aide to the President of the United States.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 2, 1965

I wish to reiterate the importance which I attach to pressing forward with plans and preparations for a sea-level canal.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 2, 1965

You have earned this medal, and you have earned with it the respect and the gratitude of the entire Nation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 2, 1965

In 20 months we have agreed to 15 different approaches to try to bring peace, and each one of them has been turned down by the other side.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 2, 1965

This week we're going to have the most comprehensive housing bill in 50 years, to try to permit every person to have a roof over the head of his wife and his children.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 31, 1965

At this time I want you to be absolutely certain that there is no waste or misapplication of America's manpower in the Department of Defense.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 31, 1965

I want him to be absolutely certain there is no waste or misapplication of American manpower in the Department of Defense effort.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 30, 1965

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10402 of October 30, 1952, entitled 'Enforcement of the Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1948,' to the extent that the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea signed at London on…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 30, 1965

The Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the Coast Guard) shall establish all necessary regulations required to carry out in the most effective manner the provisions of the Convention.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 30, 1965

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code and as President of the United States of America, it is ordered as follows:

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 30, 1965

Each of the Secretaries and the Commission shall cooperate and assist the others in carrying out the duties imposed by the Convention and by this order.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1965

Because the need for this action is plain; and it is so clear indeed that we marvel not simply at the passage of this bill, but what we marvel at is that it took so many years to pass it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1965

And no longer will young families see their own incomes, and their own hopes, eaten away simply because they are carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents, and to their uncles, and their aunts.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1965

And those devoted public servants, former Secretary, Senator Ribicoff; present Secretary, Tony Celebrezze; Under Secretary Wilbur Cohen; the Democratic whip of the House, Hale Boggs on the Ways and Means Committee; and really the White…

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