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Also Known As President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Date 1963 - 1964
Areas Of Involvement assassination • murder • inquest
Related People Earl Warren • Arlen Specter • John J. McCloy • Lyndon B. Johnson

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