Assassination of John F. Kennedy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Kennedy=== {{Main|John F. Kennedy}} {{Further|Presidency of John F. Kennedy}} [[File:John F. Kennedy speaks at Rice University.jpg|thumb|upright=.6|[[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] delivering his "[[We choose to go to the Moon]]" speech at [[Rice University]], 1962|alt=President Kennedy is pictured speaking behind a podium. Rice University's stadium is visible behind him.]] In 1960, [[John F. Kennedy]], then a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Massachusetts]], was elected the 35th [[president of the United States]] with [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as his vice presidential running mate.<ref>[[#WhiteHouse|"John F. Kennedy". The White House.]]</ref><ref>[[#Senate|"John F. Kennedy: A Featured Biography". United States Senate.]]</ref><ref name="bugliosixi">[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (1998)]], p. xi.</ref><ref>[[#Electoral|"1960 Electoral College Results". National Archives.]]</ref> Kennedy's tenure saw the height of the [[Cold War]], and much of his foreign policy was dedicated to countering the [[Soviet Union]] and [[communism]].<ref>[[#Cold|"1960 The Cold War". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.]]</ref><ref>[[#Sabato|Sabato (2013)]], pp. 422β423.</ref> As president, he authorized operations to overthrow [[Fidel Castro]]'s communist government in [[Cuba]],<ref>[[#Hinckle and Turner|Hinckle & Turner (1981)]], pp. ix, 15, 18.</ref> which culminated in the failed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] in 1961, during which he declined to directly involve American troops.<ref>[[#Jones|Jones (2008)]], pp. 41, 50, 94.</ref> The following year, Kennedy deescalated the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], an incident widely regarded as the closest that humanity has come to [[nuclear holocaust]].<ref>[[#Borger|Borger (2022)]]</ref> In 1963, Kennedy decided to travel to Texas to smooth over frictions in the [[Texas Democratic Party|state's Democratic Party]] between liberal U.S. Senator [[Ralph Yarborough]] and conservative Governor [[John Connally]].<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 13β16.</ref><ref>[[#Bugliosi2008|Bugliosi (2008)]], pp. 17β23.</ref> The visit was first agreed upon by Kennedy, Johnson, and Connally during a meeting in [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] in June.<ref name="WarrenCommission-Page28">[[#Warren|Warren (1964)]], p. 28.</ref> The motorcade route was finalized on November 18 and announced soon thereafter.<ref name="warren40"/> Kennedy also viewed the Texas trip as an informal launch of his [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 reelection campaign]].<ref>[[#White|White (1965)]], p. 3.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page