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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It is a great pleasure to welcome you and Madame Betancourt to Washington and especially here at the White House.”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1963
It is a great pleasure to welcome you and Madame Betancourt to Washington and especially here at the White House.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks of Welcome at the White House to President Betancourt of Venezuela

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