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On the recordOctober 23, 1960
I look at outer space, I look at Africa, I look at Latin America, and in all of the new problems which disturbed our lives in the fifties, this administration has not responded, it has not taken the initiative.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Rockford, IL, Coronado Theater Rally

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