“By the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American.”

— Newt Gingrich

https://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/01/newt-pledges-moon-base-by-second-term-112319
Newt pledges moon base by second term
Alexander
Burns
Politico
January 25, 2012.; * https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2012/jan/25/newt-gingrich-moon-base
Newt Gingrich promises moon base by the end of his second term
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Miller
The Guardian
January 25, 2012.
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