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On the recordSeptember 4, 1963
Even though Afghanistan and the United States are separated by a good many thousands of miles, by history, by culture, by religion, I do think, Your Majesty, that we share one great, overriding, overarching conviction.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Welcome at the White House to the King and Queen of Afghanistan

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