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<p>Associated Press file photo In this Nov. 10, 1960 photo, President-elect John F. Kennedy holds his first formal news conference since his election at the Hyannis Armory, in Hyannis, Mass. When Rick Santorum recently rebuked Kennedy's 1960 speech on religion, he was repeating a common conservative view that the address did more harm than good. Santorum, competing for conservatives votes in a close GOP presidential primary with Republican Mitt Romney, argued that more religion was needed in American public life.</p>

<p>Associated Press file photo In this Nov. 10, 1960 photo, President-elect John F. Kennedy holds his first formal news conference since his election at the Hyannis Armory, in Hyannis, Mass. When Rick Santorum recently rebuked Kennedy's 1960 speech on religion, he was repeating a common conservative view that the address did more harm than good. Santorum, competing for conservatives votes in a close GOP presidential primary with Republican Mitt Romney, argued that more…

February 29, 2012

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Santorum attacks JFK's speech

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When Rick Santorum rebuked John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech on religion, he was repeating a common conservative view that the address did more harm than good.