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Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if. I mean first - period.

John F. Kennedy
Believe, Mean, Presidential
Speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, Detroit, Michigan, on August 26, 1960. "John F. Kennedy Quotations: First, Importance of Being", www.jfklibrary.org.
Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if.