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22 Nov 2013 09:15 #164315
by ketchim
The US is marking 50 years since President John F Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet
in Dallas, Texas.
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22 Nov 2013 09:17 #164316
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He is remembered for ordering one of the most disastrous episodes of the Cold War :
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion of communist Cuba :
by a CIA-trained paramilitary force of Cuban exile ~
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22 Nov 2013 09:18 #164317
by ketchim
He is also commemorated for his youthful vigour and his challenge to America :
to put a man on the Moon.
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22 Nov 2013 09:21 #164318
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Two of his brothers later served as US senators and ran for president.
Robert was also assassinated in 1968.
Edward died in 2009 and was a champion of universal healthcare.
His daughter Caroline is now the US ambassador to Japan.
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22 Nov 2013 09:44 #164331
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He was going to abolish the Federal Reserve taking money making ability away from the private bankers who control it.
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22 Nov 2013 09:45 #164332
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He gets a lot of credit for putting a man on the moon. He started the race for that.
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