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On the recordMarch 22, 1963
And when that happens, we want the United States to be in the lead, as it has been in the lead in jet transportation since the jet was invented.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Chicago at the Dedication of O'Hare International Airport.

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