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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, although he was with us as President but 3 short years, a brief thousand days, I do not fear…”

On the recordNovember 23, 1985
Mr. President, although he was with us as President but 3 short years, a brief thousand days, I do not fear contradiction when I say the United States is a greater and more powerful country today-because of John Kennedy.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Nov 23, 1985

Editor's note · Context

Paying tribute to President John F. Kennedy on the anniversary of his death.

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