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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “You do not consider yourselves as ornamental fixtures to give sort of a public look at a problem; instead, we want…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1962
You do not consider yourselves as ornamental fixtures to give sort of a public look at a problem; instead, we want direct guidance from you.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to the White House Conference on Narcotic and Drug Abuse.

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