John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So we come, Mr. President, on a mission of friendship and also of…”

On the recordJune 28, 1962

So we come, Mr. President, on a mission of friendship and also of great purpose.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport in Mexico City

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So we come, Mr. President, on a mission of friendship and also of great purpose.”