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On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I take our case to you because I am confident that you are willing to do whatever has to be done to make us first in the world militarily, and thus first in the fight for peace.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Cadillac Square, Detroit, MI

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