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The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

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President Kennedy leaves for a scheduled campaign trip to Ohio and Illinois. In Washington, his advisers continue the debate over the necessary and appropriate course of action.