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...every right to take whatever measures it wishes concerning the admission of aliens, but I cannot agree with those who contend that aliens are ripping off Americans. In fact, the intention of most foreigners who come here is to work, and work they do. Refugees from Viet Nam are the byproducts of the long U.S. involvement there. They came here only because there was no alternative when the Americans left...
...Hail to the Chief, Reagan was greeted by thunderous applause from the 906 graduating cadets and 26,000 spectators in the academy's Michie Stadium. Then, in a speech lasting 25 minutes, interrupted 15 times by applause, Reagan declared that the country had grown out of its "Viet Nam syndrome" and vowed to continue his battle to beef up the nation's defenses. "The era of self-doubt is over," he proclaimed. "Let friend and foe alike be made aware of the spirit that is sweeping across our land, because it means we will meet our responsibility...
Most men come to the Senate to build a career. In the manner of his biblical namesake, Jeremiah Denton came to sound an alarm. A retired admiral who spent more than seven years as a prisoner of war in North Viet Nam, Denton believes that America is being destroyed by sexual immorality and Soviet-sponsored political "disinformation"-and that both are being promoted by dupes, or worse, in the media. By the mid-1980s, he warns, "we will have less national security than we had proportionately when George Washington's troops were walking around barefoot at Valley Forge...
...violent crime, including "90%" of murders and attempted killings. He has deviated from a Reaganesque budget-cutting fervor on just one social issue: a proposed $30 million program for the Government to advocate teen-age chastity. Like Ronald Reagan, Denton strongly defends the validity of the U.S. effort in Viet Nam. He contends that the war could have been won but the U.S. failed to see and press its advantage. He adds that America must recognize the Viet Nam fighting as "morally just" if it is to regain national spirit. Denton also admires Richard Nixon for understanding...
...Viet Nam veterans, the battle for better care continues...