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In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro's Cuba.
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Born: Oct 3, 1925
Died: Jul 31, 2012

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