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On the recordJanuary 15, 1963
Italy is an ancient and also a most modern country and its modern renaissance is almost as extraordinary as its earlier one.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Welcome at the White House to Prime Minister Fanfani of Italy

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