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On the recordSeptember 4, 1963
It is a great pleasure for me on behalf of the people of the United States to welcome you to this country for the first time.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Welcome at the White House to the King and Queen of Afghanistan

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