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My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
35Th U.S. President
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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