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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The fact of the matter is, when this administration came to power, in spite of the fact we had commitments around the…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1962
The fact of the matter is, when this administration came to power, in spite of the fact we had commitments around the globe, we had 11 divisions, 11 Army divisions, to meet responsibilities stretching from Viet-Nam to Berlin.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Indianapolis Airport

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