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It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.
John F. Kennedy Address During The Cuban Missile Crisis · 1962

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John F. Kennedy · 1962
Address During The Cuban Missile Crisis

A televised address announcing Soviet missile installations in Cuba, a US naval quarantine and demands for their removal.

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John F. Kennedy · 1963
Commencement address at American University

A Cold War address calling for a more practical peace, reduced nuclear tensions and greater mutual understanding between the United States and Soviet Union.

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