IIRC, before Kennedy's challenge, Apollo was envisioned as a general purpose
vehicle; it was dedicated to Lunar missions after Kennedy's speach.

Since it's being proposed for use in both Lunar and Interplanetary missions,
would the Crew Exploration Vehicle mark a return to the early Apollo plan --
to a workhorse of a vehicle that can perform a variety of missions? And
would a new family of launchers paired with it count as a rebirth of the
Apollo/Saturn series?

Just wonderin'.