Within hours the government had arrested their man, Lee Harvey Oswald, and there was no doubt he was guilty; he was convicted immediately in the court of public opinion. ... In the end nuclear war was avoided and it appeared Kennedy was the hero, but not everyone liked how things had gone in Cuba. During the Cuban Operation, Kennedy felt that the CIA had misinformed his administration of the happenings, given inadequate intelligence, bad planning and an overall failure to accomplish any solution with Cuba (Bay of Pigs press release). ... Nearly the entire staff of the Warren Commission, a...

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Angered by this aggressive attitude toward American "interests", the United States government established a trade embargo, hoping the Cuban people would overthrow Castro and reinstate a more "American friendly" leader. ... Of course, the American government did not accept this situation readily. A plan to train and arm Cuban exiles who would return to Cuba to overthrow Castro was contrived. ... The plan was to bomb Cuba's airfields to prevent the Cuban military from killing the invading exiles. ... Just about every organization that supplies or is hired by the government to build weapo...

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STAGE 5 The Aftermath THE CUBAN missile crisis has had important long-term effects. Even during the crisis itself, some of us in the U.S. government, and I presume in the Soviet government as well, were thinking ahead to the future. ... In the years following the missile crisis the Soviet Union was not disposed to attempt again to deploy elements of its strategic nuclear power in Cuba, and the United States was not disposed to invade Cuba. ... As earlier noted, the United States had never issued any public or official statement of a commitment...

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(http://128.138.129.27/government/national/speeches/inau3.html) Now Kennedy was in the White House and starting to run operations. ... In Cuba, a dictator named Fidel Castro has taken over Cuba and his activities that were concerning the US. ... On April 15, 1961 the Cubans were prepared for an attack. ... Monday morning Castro knew about the landing, and the Cuban government responded almost immediately, taking a superior position in the air during the early morning hours. ... The Soviet Union had backstabbed the United States and made it look like a weak country loosing to Cuba. ...

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In China, the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had been supported by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. By the end of 1949 government troops had been overwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. ... When Castro began to proclaim his belief in Communism, Cuba became part of the Cold War. Many Cubans began to flee to the United States and during the Eisenhower administration the CIA had begun to train Cuban exiles secretly for an invasion of Cuba. In April 1961 more than 1000 Cuban e...

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He was sort of into the government. ... (source 2) Kennedy had problems with the Cubans. ... Prior to Kennedy's death, he had embarrassed them in the Big Cuban Showdown.... The mafia had connections with the Cuban exiles.... Kennedy had problems with just a few groups, including his own government. ...

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Although Joseph Kennedy never held elective office, he held appointed positions in the federal government during the New Deal of President Franklin D. ... Kennedy sought with significant success to attract brilliant young people to government service. ... Sorensen wrote many of Kennedy's speeches and exerted a strong influence on Kennedy's development as a political liberal, a person who believes that the government should directly help people to overcome poverty or social discrimination. ... Kennedy particularly wanted to end discrimination in federally financed projects or in com...

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Without freedom of speech newspapers and Internet companies would go bankrupt because they couldn't write about the government, let alone criticize it without the fear of being shot or imprisoned. ... The only problem with this is even though we may all become richer we will lose all power we as citizens, have over the government. ... Two countries that have banned freedom of speech are Russia and Cuba. Russia and Cuba became poor countries and the citizens lost all power over the government. ...

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The government hired 5 first class riflemen to attempt to make the shots that Oswald made, and not one of them could do it... - All past CIA documents on Oswald, 1200 to be exact, were locked up by the government on the grounds that they were top secret by national security. ... The government would have had their own snipers covering Dealey Plaza, and the minute a window went down, the snipers would have been on it. ... Can somebody tell me why the U.S. government would lock away this information? ... In my opinion this was not the work of a lone shooter, the government, mafia, anti ca...

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Kennedy had sent troops into raid Cuba, but held back at the last minute, which left some American soldiers unprotected on hostile shores. ... The government knew exactly what they had to do to get their war. ... The government killed their own president and covered it up because of war. ... Only the government could have all of the details in their possession. ... Kennedy saved us from war with Russia, Cuba and also would have saved the nation of the disastrous Vietnam War. ...

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The federal government's possible coverup lead to conspiracy theories which resulted in books, editorials and the creation of two government agencies John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the united states. ... The cold war was at its height, Kennedy wanted to eradicate communism and he was especially concerned about Cuba. ... The plan for this invasion was created by Kennedy and backed by the CIA, they had Cubans opposed to Castro invade Cuba and try to overthrow Castro. ... Many other problems including The Berlin Wall, The Cuban Missile Crisis and The Vietnam War all b...

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About 1,300 of CIA trained anti-Castro expatriates were sent to seize Cuba. ... After being released from Cuba almost a year later, many of the exiles felt betrayed by Kennedy. ... Many conservatives also felt Kennedy was "too easy" on communism, especially after he took responsibility for "The Bay of Pigs" in Cuba. ... It was well known in the government that Kennedy and Johnson didn't like each other. ... The simple fact is that it would cause people to mistrust the government. ...

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About 1,300 of CIA trained anti-Castro expatriates were sent to seize Cuba. ... After being released from Cuba almost a year later, many of the exiles felt betrayed by Kennedy. ... Many conservatives also felt Kennedy was "too easy" on communism, especially after he took responsibility for "The Bay of Pigs" in Cuba. ... It was well known in the government that Kennedy and Johnson didn't like each other. ... The simple fact is that it would cause people to mistrust the government. ...

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Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of Russia who was humiliated by the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, instigated the assassination. ... Next group who was motivated to kill JFK is Castro in Cuba. ... In order to cover up their own involvement, Mongoose set up Oswald as a patsy and planted false clues pointing to Cuba, the Soviet, and the Mafia. ... He seemed to prefer the Soviet Union and he spoke highly of Cuba. All of his background, which was remarked by isolation and impotency, and his motivation from Cuba and Soviet, made him a logical target of suspicion of the murder of Kennedy, or made USA g...

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JFK- wore wrinkled khaki's to Congress PET- wore sandals to house of commons JFK-Cuban Missle Crisis PET- War Measures Act JFK-Civil Rights Movement-pushed equality on the top of nations agenda PET-Official Languages Act JFK- "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country- inaugural speech PET- "The Government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation- JFK-new level of idealism and activism PET- Charter of Rights and Freedoms, JFK-Televised debate, he won- Radio-Nixon won- awesome speaker, good presence PET-Same thing, used the me...

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Cuba, Algeria, China, and some African countries already fall into the communist hands, and many others could follow. ... Cuba and China aided Congolese rebels. ... Only possible solution for many politics at that time was to fight it, like in Korea or stand firm as in Cuban missile crisis. ... Government overstates danger, and understates, or did not report true situation in South Vietnam. Stone in his "A Reply to the "White Paper", successfully criticizes US official report known as "White Paper", and leaves many doubts if government was honest to its citizens why United States enter the Vie...

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One of most stressful tasks while being in office was the threat of war with Cuba. Kennedy had Cuban exiles attempt to over throw the Cuban government run by Fidel Castro. The country of Russia then installed nuclear missiles on Cuba and threatened to use them against us. ... After awhile the Stand off ended, Cuba and the Russians decided to back down and take the missiles away. ...

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Going on to face such trials as the Cuban Missile Crisis, he would have a life full of accomplishments and disappointments. ... After Kennedy was inaugurated, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) introduced a plan to him from the Eisenhower administration that would overthrow the leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro. The plan was to use Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro and create a non-communist government. To accomplish this, the United States decided to strike Cuban bases and a surprise attack along the Bay of the Pigs beaches. ... Many Cuban exiles were either captured or killed. ...

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At least four separate government investigations have come to conflicting conclusions about what happened. ... Theorists have fingered suspects from the Mafia to the Cubans to the CIA to Lyndon Johnson and the Federal Reserve. ... He had very few, if any, close relationships with other people and he appeared to have great difficulty in finding a meaningful place in the world he seemed to prefer the Soviet Union and he spoke highly of Cuba- (Washington 180). ... Americans have tried to give a meaning to the assassination, generally in the form of conspiracy theories "involving Cuba, th...

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The Civil Rights campaigns and methods of protest were ideal at this time, because of post war disappointment as Americans were displeased with the governments decisions, therefore it was easier to oppose the governments actions, and accuse them of wrong doing, regarding both National and International relations. ... In the time period of 1956 to 1968 there were international activities, such as African states being independent, attempts to end communism in countries such as Cuba, China, and The Soviet Union. ... Martin Luther King's methods and policies were a great contribution to the s...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... Russia at that point had already expanded its empire into Eastern Europe, Korea and Cuba. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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The sixties also showed Communism coming into the Western hemisphere and thus coming to the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... Amongst other problems President Kennedy faced with the Soviet Union, no other was more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... S. spy planes flying over Cuba photographed Soviet managed construction sites and spotted the first missile on October 14. ... Kennedy responded to the first message and an agreement was met for the Soviet missiles to be dismantled and removed from Cuba. In return Kennedy secretly promised not to invade Cuba and to remove older missiles from Turkey....

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The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. ... Since racism and indifference had restricted rights for blacks, executive orders issued by presidents in the 1950s and 1960s established the concept of anti-discrimination measures to guarantee fair treatment of blacks by government contractors. ... Black (not of Hispanic Orig...

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Days later, the Secret Service received another threat: Kennedy would be ambushed in Chicago by a Cuban hit squad. ... The evidence in the third and final attempt on President Kennedy's life in Dealey Plaza provides a reason to believe that U.S. government agencies had a role in JFK's death. ... Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, The Mafia, or Anti-Castro Cubans as possible suspects. ... "The Bay of Pigs was the spark that ignited the devastating fire. 1500 CIA trained anti-Castro expatriates were sent to seize Cuba. ... After the CIA lost time, effort, and people in the attempt to secu...

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"I believe in effective governmental action. ... One question came from Frank Singiser of Mutual News, and he asked the question, "I"d like to pin down the difference the way you would handle Castro's regimen and prevent the establishment of Communists governments in the Western Hemisphere and the way that Senator Kennedy would proceed. ... He suggested that if they continue to cut off trade and relations with Cuba and the Cuban people would take care of Castro and his regime. ...

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