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On the recordOctober 5, 1960
Communist menace that has been permitted to arise under our very noses, only 90 miles from our shores.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Democratic Dinner

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