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On the recordMay 4, 1961
As I stated when the President arrived, he represents, personifies, and is in fact a national leader who has spent his life fighting for the freedom of his people.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Exchange of Remarks in the Rose Garden With President Bourguiba of Tunisia.

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