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in Viet Nam by the end of the year and take on ending the engagement in his second term. He was making gestures toward reconciling with Castro. He found a way to communicate with Khruschev.
His Latin American program, Alliance for Progress, was on the whole very good -- the first time an American president had done anything so intelligent in that region.
He finally backed the efforts of Civil Rights leaders -- remember the Battle of Old Miss?
And the space program. He helped galvanize a generation of tech advances that were remarkable, in themselves a huge achievement.
When you run down all he did or started, it's hard to believe his tenure was so short.
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