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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The fundamental problem of our time is the critical situation which has been created by the steady erosion of American…”

On the recordOctober 17, 1960
The fundamental problem of our time is the critical situation which has been created by the steady erosion of American power relative to that of the Communists in recent years.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy - American Legion Convention

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