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On the recordSeptember 19, 1960
For the President to have apologized or to express regrets, as Senator Kennedy suggested, under those circumstances, would have been a mistake of the greatest magnitude, in my opinion.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Press Conference of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Hotel Casey, Scranton, PA

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