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The first was that America had become -- or was in danger of becoming -- a second-rate military power.

I know I do not have to dwell here on the absurdity of that contention.

You may have misgivings about certain aspects of our military establishment -- I certainly do -- but you know any comparison of over-all American strength with over-all Soviet strength finds the United States not only superior, but so superior both in present weapons and in the development of new ones that our advantage promises to be a permanent feature of U.S.-Soviet relations for the foreseeable future.