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PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON'S NEWS CONFERENCE #25
Held in the East Room
At the White House
Washington, D.C.
June 29, 1972
At 9:02 P.M. EDT
Official White House Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Cormier has the first question.
QUESTION: Mr. President, I don't want to ask
a soft or flabby question because, as you know, your
associate John Ehrlichman has suggested that news conferences
really are not all that important because we tend to ask
that type of question too often.
So I want to submit one for the Ehrlichman
Award this evening.
THE PRESIDENT: As long as it is not soft and
flabby. (Laughter)
QUESTION: Mindful that ending the war was one
of your major campaign themes in 1968, mindful that our
bombings in Indochina now are at a five year high, according
to the Pentagon, mindful that the troops are still coming
out, but even more are going into Thailand and the Seventh
Fleet, I wonder if you can say with any confidence that you
can end the war by January 20th of next year?
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Cormier, we have made great
progress in ending the war and particularly in ending
American involvement in the war.
Since you have recounted the record to an extent,
let me recount it also from the positive side.