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Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

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... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Univer... ...ersity. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni vers... ...s done so much for us by intersecting the country with so many great rivers, bays, and lakes, approaching from distant points so near to each other, t... ...tes] against invasion.” Now, how is it possible to afford this protection to California and our Pacific possessions except by means of a military road... ...on, and a close win ner of the 1968 election, the former Vice President and California Senator and Congressman had defeated the Democratic Vice Presi... ... the oath of office to the former broadcaster, screen actor, and Governor of California. In the election of 1980, the Republicans won the White House ...