Through his strong domestic and foreign policies, ideals, and innate values, he worked to satiate and feed a hungry nation. ... During Johnson's Presidential career, he spent much of his time developing a solid foundation for the well-being of America's Foreign Affairs. From day one, he was a firm advocate of military preparedness and a supporter of the foreign commitment of the nation (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) One of Johnson's highest points of focus in foreign affairs was the task of improving relations between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. ... That was the only even...

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The dramatic crisis was also characterized by the fact that it was primarily played out at the White House and the Kremlin level with relatively little input from the respective bureaucracies typically involved in the foreign policy process" (The Cuban Missile Crisis). ... The Joint Chiefs of Staff declared a "military readiness status of DEFCON 3 as U.S. naval forces began implementation of the quarantine and plans accelerated for a military strike on Cuba (Office of the Historian). ...

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