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On the recordJune 1, 1961
I consider the power of the United States, plus those countries that are associated with it in the common defense, to give every form of encouragement to any Western leader who discusses matters which concern us with those who occupy positions of responsibility in other parts of the globe.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks and Question and Answer Period at the Press Luncheon in Paris

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