he told u we shuld face our problems togther sgl ants o humain apresu,ovety a r.o liberty and a mandate to work towards the freedom of all humanity. he sounded trumpet that day and ood athenirsy abman nef6 for the very last time, but i saw and had an opportunity to visit with president kennedy, he invited all of the speakers for the march on washington to the white house on august 28, 1963. he was standing in the door of theol offc sok e hand and he said to each of us commutative good job. he did a good job. and to dr. king, heitous tt time, john f. kennedy was the embodiment of our drms. heymlized whate lie thisoury should look for. it's youth and ideals, its engyandorartiin oss me him and were inspired by his leadership were more than lucky. we were blessed. thank ou. [applause] >> mr. vice presint, . speaker, majority leade id, secretary chao, leader pelosi, distinguished colleagues, members of the kennedy family, caroline kennedy and ambassador jean kennedy smith, ladies and gentlemen, i was about to turn 17 as a high school junior, when i gave my first politi