50 years ago in October, our country was involved in the Cuban Missle Crisis, nearly getting into an extremely dangerous nuclear war. President Kennedy was questioning the generals and advisors about his military and diplomatic options. Many people in the oval office were pushing for military action but President Kennedy restrained from getting involved in a deadly war. Just this past week, secret tapes that were being recorded in the oval office were finally released. In a conversation between President Kennedy and a CIA analyst, Kennedy is extremely calm in how he handles the situation. For the first time, he is seeing the overhead photographs of a missle cite in Cuba. The horror of the situation is that the nuclear relationship between the Soviet Union and the US has changed because they now have a missle base in Cuba which is just 90 miles away from Florida. This is one of the biggest threats that the United States has recieved and it is amazing to see how well President Kennedy takes on the situation. A man in the oval office said to him: "You're in a very bad fix, Mr. President" and his reply was simply: "You're in there with me". He makes it clear that this problem does not just lie in his hands. The country as a whole was going to have to handle this situation.
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