Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs

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United States presidential document political speech presidential address

"Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs" is the 1961 address by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in which he outlined critical national priorities, including the ambitious goal of landing a man on the Moon.

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Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs speech	1
Urgent National Needs speech	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential document ⓘ political speech ⓘ presidential address ⓘ
alternateName	Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ⓘ surface form: Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs speech Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ⓘ surface form: Urgent National Needs speech
author	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
availableAt	John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
context	competition with the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1961-05-25 ⓘ
deliveredBy	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
deliveredTo	Joint session of the United States Congress ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
distributedAs	printed congressional document ⓘ
goal	demonstrate American technological superiority ⓘ promote economic growth ⓘ strengthen national security ⓘ
hasGenre	State of the Union–style address ⓘ policy speech ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War era ⓘ
influenced	United States commitment to lunar landing ⓘ funding for NASA in the 1960s ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	United States Capitol ⓘ
mainSubject	Cold War ⓘ United States national priorities ⓘ civil defense ⓘ economic policy ⓘ education policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ national defense ⓘ nuclear arms race ⓘ space exploration ⓘ
medium	spoken word ⓘ
mentionsOrganization	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
notableFor	announcing the goal of landing a man on the Moon ⓘ setting the objective of returning a man safely to Earth from the Moon ⓘ
partOf	public speeches of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
policyProposal	accelerated space program ⓘ anti-recession measures ⓘ economic development assistance ⓘ expansion of civil defense measures ⓘ increased defense spending ⓘ strengthening of conventional military forces ⓘ support for education and training ⓘ tax incentives for investment ⓘ
positionOfSpeaker	President of the United States ⓘ
presidentialAdministration	Kennedy administration ⓘ surface form: Presidency of John F. Kennedy
relatedToEvent	Soviet Union space achievements ⓘ Space Race ⓘ
relatedToProgram	Apollo program ⓘ United States civil space program ⓘ surface form: United States space program
timeFrameSpecified	before this decade is out ⓘ
year	1961 ⓘ

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Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs → alternateName → Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ⓘ

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Apollo program → announcementEvent → Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ⓘ