Summary
Description: Includes full text of President Nixon's State of the Union Message. The main news in the speech was the President's announcement that he would increase defence spending and emphasised on the lines of the Nixon Doctrine that the US must continue to maintain and strengthen her defences. There was also a proposal to Congress of a new programme of Federal partnership in technological research and development. In domestic matters the President urged Congress to pass the reform of the welfare system, Federal Revenue sharing with the States, Government reorganisation and better health care. He also promised a federally supported research and development programme for social and industrial purposes including mass transit.
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The Nixon years, 1969-1974.