To come to the realization the Democratic Party was gone, that I grew up with. It was. You know, My uncle said that the principal job of the President of the United States was to keep the country out of war. And he never sent a combat troop abroad to die, an American combat troop. My father ran again. (31:34–31:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that John F. Kennedy believed the President's main role was to avoid war.
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