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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We need ambassadors and cabinet officers, we need people on every level with a sense of our times, with a sense of the…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1960
We need ambassadors and cabinet officers, we need people on every level with a sense of our times, with a sense of the future, with a sense of the difficulties of a free society competing with a Communist society.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Northland Shopping Center, Jennings, MO

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