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On the recordAugust 25, 1960
Peace in the Middle East is not one step nearer reality today than it was 8 years ago - but Russian influence is immeasurably greater.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Zionists of America Convention, Statler Hilton Hotel, New York, NY

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