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On the recordJune 21, 1963
It is encouraging to note that the continuing effort over the last fifteen years to provide equality of treatment and opportunity for all military personnel on base is obviously having far-reaching and satisfactory results.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letters to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman, Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, in Response to...

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