US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE

US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE Advanced Distributive Learning (ADL) US Army Command and General Staff School Command and General Staff Officer's Course (CGSOC) Common Core F100: How the Army Runs F108RA: Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People January 17th, 1961' [Delivered from the President's Office at 8:30 p.m.] My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor. This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen. Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who will labor with him, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all. Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues o