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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I did not realize--which shows the advantage of getting out of Washington--I did not realize until I began to look up…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1963
I did not realize--which shows the advantage of getting out of Washington--I did not realize until I began to look up some of the details of O'Hare what an extraordinary effort this has been, the largest airport in the world here in the center of the United States.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Civic Luncheon in Chicago.

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