On the recordSeptember 6, 1960
I promise that I will give you an opportunity to serve your country, to demonstrate that our cause and the cause of freedom all over the world are intertwined together.
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Salem, OR, State Fairgrounds
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