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On the recordMay 25, 1961
Real progress in economic development cannot be achieved by annual, short-term dispensations of aid and uncertainty as to future intentions.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill Implementing the Message on Foreign...

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