<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."