John Kennedy actually said...

These plans and programs shall be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States.

Context

Executive Order 10998—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Secretary of Agriculture

02/15/1962

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