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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We need a strong economy if we are going to meet our obligations to the underdeveloped world, to maintain our defenses…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1960
We need a strong economy if we are going to meet our obligations to the underdeveloped world, to maintain our defenses, to meet our needs in education and health and housing.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Fieldhouse, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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