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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I spent long enough in the Pacific Ocean to know the difficulties with which Mr. Nixon is now facing the United States…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1960
I spent long enough in the Pacific Ocean to know the difficulties with which Mr. Nixon is now facing the United States, if he has his way.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, New Castle, PA

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