John Kennedy actually said...

I do not want the White House to have to come in at the last minute.

Remarks at a Meeting of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy.

03/20/1961

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The Treaty speaks for itself.

This Treaty protects our rights in the future.

The risks in clandestine violations under this Treaty are far smaller than the risks in unlimited testing.

This Treaty is the first concrete result of eighteen years of effort by the United States to impose limits on the nuclear arms race.