The Democrats have traditionally held that the officials who man our key posts in defense and foreign policy should be selected for their superior ability, whatever their party affiliation may be.
Press Conference of Senator John F. Kennedy, Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
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They may be facts which some would prefer to forget, but if the United States of America, and particularly the Northeast United States, these 15 States, are going to move ahead and provide a better life for the people of Delaware and the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States, then we are going to have to do something about it.
It symbolizes, I believe, this highway, first of all, the partnership between the Federal Government and the States, which is essential to the progress of all of our people.
Never has there been any question in my mind, President Eisenhower said recently, as to the necessity of a program of economic and military aid to keep the free nations of the world from being overrun by the Communists.
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