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Richard Nixon: the statement that Senator Kennedy made... was that - to the effect that there were trigger-happy Republicans

On the recordOctober 12, 1960
the statement that Senator Kennedy made... was that - to the effect that there were trigger-happy Republicans
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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