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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This is the first state dinner that we have had for a chief of state since Mrs. Kennedy and I have come to the White…”

On the recordMay 2, 1961
This is the first state dinner that we have had for a chief of state since Mrs. Kennedy and I have come to the White House, and I must say, speaking personally and as President, there is no dinner that gives me greater satisfaction.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Toasts of the President and President Bourguiba

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