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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “My judgment is that I would attend, but I would not attempt to advise the President or criticize him for not attending.”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1960
My judgment is that I would attend, but I would not attempt to advise the President or criticize him for not attending.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Press Conference of Senator John F. Kennedy, San Francisco, CA, Airport

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