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i ask your help. we meet in grief, but let us also meet in renewed dedication and renewed vigor. let us meet in action, in tolerance, and in mutual understanding. john kennedyamp。 and strong, prompt, and forwardlooking action on the remaining appropriation bills. in this new spirit of action, the congress can expect the full cooperation and support of the executive branch. and, in particular, i pledge that the expenditures of your government will be administered with the utmost thrift and frugality. i will insist that the government get a dollaramp。 strong, forwardlooking action on youth employment opportunities。39。quot。quot。quot。quot。quot。quot。 that from the brutal loss of our leader we will derive not weakness, but strength。39。s leadership, this nation has demonstrated that it has the courage to seek peace, and it has the fortitude to risk war. we have proved that we are a good and reliable friend to those who seek peace and freedom. we have shown that we can also be a formidable foe to those who reject the path of peace and those who seek to impose upon us or our allies the yoke of tyranny. this nation will keep its mitments from south vietnam to west berlin. we will be unceasing in the search for peace, resourceful in our pursuit of areas of agreement even with those with whom we differ and generous and loyal to those who join with us in mon cause. in this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint. we must be prepared at one and the same time for both the confrontation of power and the limitation of power. we must be ready to defend the national interest and to negotiate th