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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So I think that it is very appropriate that you should come here and we should consider together how best we can make…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1962
So I think that it is very appropriate that you should come here and we should consider together how best we can make this hemisphere an inspiration for all those who wish to be free.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Welcome to President Arosemena of Ecuador at the Washington National Airport

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