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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “But I also think that we should consider the risks if we fail, and particularly of the possibility of escalation of a…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 1962
But I also think that we should consider the risks if we fail, and particularly of the possibility of escalation of a military struggle in a place of danger.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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