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KEITH J. ROTHFUS: “I want to go back to what I talked about with the first panel about President Kennedy and his call to public service and…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2013
I want to go back to what I talked about with the first panel about President Kennedy and his call to public service and that quote, "Let the public service be a proud and lively career, and let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government in any branch, at any level be able to say with pride and with honor in future years that I served the U.S. government in that hour of need." And, of course, when President Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country."
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KEITH J. ROTHFUS
Pennsylvania

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Rothfus reflects on President Kennedy's call to public service and its significance.

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