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On the recordOctober 9, 1960
In a political campaign of such importance as this one, I do not believe we should permit the last 18 days of the campaign to go by without one further face-to-face exchange between the two candidates.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy to NBC and ABC on Fifth Debate

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