Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110121:08:53:00
Advisers wanted him to send combat units to vietnam. every single time he refused. the rest of the speech was an invitation to negotiation, a reduction of tensions. and the newspapers at the time understood this. the headlines the next day weren't about the sabre rattling, cold war speech, they were all kennedy, new quest for peace. kennedy's peace speech. >> bob shrum. >> i think you have to take the end of that success. he was obviously serious because in cuba when the generals are pressing him to do a first strike, he says we don't have to do that. and i think you could argue that his restr...
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