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FILE - In this June 23, 1967 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson, center right, and Soviet Premier Alexi Kosygin, center left, face photographers as they meet in front of the Hollybush mansion, on the campus of Glassboro State College, in Glassboro, N.J. The two discussed the Mideast conflict, arms control and the Vietnam War. Saturday, June 24, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the meeting at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University.(AP Photo, File)
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President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, center left, leave the home in Inez, Ky., of Tom Fletcher, a father of eight who told Johnson he'd been out of work for nearly two years, in this April 24, 1964, photo. The president visited the Appalachian area in Eastern Kentucky to see conditions firsthand and announce his War on Poverty from the Fletcher porch. (AP Photo/FILE)
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FILE - In this July 30, 1965 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law while former President Harry S. Truman, right, observes during a ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo. At rear are Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and former first lady Bess Truman. When Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law Americans 65 and older were the age group least likely to have health insurance. (AP Photo)
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President Lyndon Johnson proves he's a pretty good cowhand as he puts his horse, Lady B, through the paces of rounding up a Hereford yearling on his LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, Texas, November 4, 1964. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson)
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President Lyndon Johnson first spoke of "The Great Society" while giving the University of Michigan Commencement in 1964. University of Michigan photo
