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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I hope that the Congress will give its prompt support to this authorization, as it did, so effectively, a year ago”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1962
I hope that the Congress will give its prompt support to this authorization, as it did, so effectively, a year ago
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill Authorizing Mobilization of the...

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