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On the recordJune 22, 1963
We are allies in the only war we seek--the war against poverty, hunger, disease, and ignorance in our own countries, and around the world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Arrival in Germany

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