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Richard Nixon: Cuba is not lost, and I don't think this kind of defeatist talk by Senator Kennedy helps the situation one bit.

On the recordOctober 6, 1960
Cuba is not lost, and I don't think this kind of defeatist talk by Senator Kennedy helps the situation one bit.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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