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3 days ago · In his State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for an expanded conservation program as part of his vision of the Great Society, and on February 8, 1965, he delivered this Natural Beauty Message declaring that “Every major river system is now polluted.” Johnson called for the federal government to set “effective water quality standards, combined with a swift and ...
4 days ago · Returning to Washington, Long gave theatrical speeches which drew wide attention. Public viewing areas were crowded with onlookers, among them a young Lyndon B. Johnson, who later said he was "simply entranced" by Long. [34] [135] Long obstructed bills for weeks, launching hour-long filibusters and having the clerk read superfluous documents.
3 days ago · During the Soviet visit, President Lyndon B. Johnson had allowed US bombing raids on North Vietnamese soil in retaliation of the recent Pleiku airbase attack by the Viet Cong. [126] In post-war Vietnam, Soviet aid became the cornerstone of socio-economic activity.
3 days ago · President Lyndon B. Johnson issued an executive order that created the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. The commission concluded that Oswald acted alone in assassinating Kennedy, and the Warren Report could not ascribe any one motive or group of motives to Oswald's actions:
3 days ago · In May 1961, U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Saigon and enthusiastically declared Diệm the " Winston Churchill of Asia". When asked why he had made the comment, Johnson replied, "Diệm's the only boy we got out there." Johnson assured Diệm of more aid in molding a fighting force that could resist the communists. [90]
1 day ago · Danh sách này chỉ tính những nhiệm kỳ liên tục của một tổng thống, những người đã tuyên thệ nhậm chức tổng thống sau khi Hiến pháp Hoa Kỳ phê chuẩn, có hiệu lực từ ngày 4 tháng 3 năm 1789. Các nhà lãnh đạo Mỹ trước khi cuộc phê chuẩn này, như Chủ tịch Quốc hội Lục địa sẽ không có trong danh sách [2 ...
5 days ago · He also served as a consultant on security matters to various U.S. agencies from 1955 to 1968, spanning the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
