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On the recordApril 14, 2011
I just--I think this can't-do attitude that is not like President Kennedy's can-do attitude to put a man on the Moon with alloys that had not yet been invented.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey contrasts the current attitude with Kennedy's spirit of innovation and achievement.

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