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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We're particularly glad to have General Taylor, with his broad experience, his distinguished combat record in Europe…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1962
We're particularly glad to have General Taylor, with his broad experience, his distinguished combat record in Europe, and in the Pacific and in Korea, who I think comprehends and divines the great strategic and tactical problems which face the United States and the free world today.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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