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On the recordSeptember 7, 1960
This is an important campaign because it is an important country, and because all of us are anxious to see the United States move ahead.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Dunsmuir, CA

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