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On the recordMarch 1, 1962
For of all the awesome responsibilities entrusted to this office, none is more somber to contemplate than the special statutory authority to employ nuclear arms in the defense of our people and freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Radio and Television Address to the American People: Nuclear Testing and Disarmament

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