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| | John F. Kennedy and the Pigs of War - Signs of the Times - Mon, 20 Nov, 2006 |
 | | And so it is to the printing press, the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news, that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: Free and Independent. |
 | | The Bay of pigs - of course, it was a disaster - It was a disaster thanks to John Kennedy who, at 1:30 on April the 16th, had okayed the flight of airplanes out of Nicaragua to take care of the Bay of Pigs invasion. |
 | | He acknowledged that the United States was relatively well "covered" for a total war, with stocks of 40,000 nuclear weapons of 30 different types which were very costly to maintain, but that as the "civilians in government continue to place their faith in talk," the utility of this atomic arsenal was yet to be proved. |
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