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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So I think we're very fortunate to have two men whose combined experience really covers the spectrum and I want to…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1962
So I think we're very fortunate to have two men whose combined experience really covers the spectrum and I want to express my appreciation to them both, because they both had other responsibilities which they relinquished in order to accept these positions.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Swearing In of New Members of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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