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Gerry Connolly: “It was John Kennedy who negotiated the first nuclear Test Ban Treaty successfully with our archenemy that threatened to…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2015
It was John Kennedy who negotiated the first nuclear Test Ban Treaty successfully with our archenemy that threatened to bury us--the Soviet Union. He said that we should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps).
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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Sep 10, 2015

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