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On the recordFebruary 20, 1962
We have attempted in recent weeks and months to limit the number of families going overseas, and the only reason for it has been that we are losing dollars and gold, and we have to attempt to bring it into balance, and this has been one of the ways which we've considered.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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