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On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
If we are elected, we are going to build an American security and an American defense second to none.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, the Alamo, San Antonio, TX

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