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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Are we going to say in 1962 that Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman did their job and we're not going to do ours?

On the recordOctober 11, 1962
Are we going to say in 1962 that Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman did their job and we're not going to do ours?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at Fitzgerald Field House, University of Pittsburgh

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