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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “He runs on a slogan of standing up to Khrushchev, and yet he is not willing to let the American people hear him for the…”

On the recordOctober 19, 1960
He runs on a slogan of standing up to Khrushchev, and yet he is not willing to let the American people hear him for the fifth time espouse his views of what our country must do.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Sears, Roebuck, Brooklyn, NY

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