John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Authority to make firm long-term commitments is of paramount importance.”

I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.

And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.

We are not planning to trade with Red China in view of the policy that Red China pursues.

I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.