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The administration was praised for protecting the US against communism
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The administration was humiliated as neither of these events were successful in overthrowing Fidel Castro
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Kennedy was removed from office for spying of Cuba
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These events did not impact the Kennedy administration at all
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Detailed explanation-1: -His calm but firm stance in the negotiations was heralded as great statesmanship, though it is often forgotten that his bungling of the Bay of Pigs invasion had helped lead to the missile crisis in the first place. The Cuban Missile Crisis also convinced Kennedy of the dangers of nuclear brinksmanship.
Detailed explanation-2: -That night, Kennedy set forth in his message to the Soviet leader proposed steps for the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba under supervision of the United Nations, and a guarantee that the United States would not attack Cuba.
Detailed explanation-3: -Responding to an indignant letter from Krushchev in which the Soviet leader threatened to defend Cuba with military force, Kennedy characterizes the invasion as the action of “Cuban patriots, ” rather than a military intervention by the United States. Washington, April 18, 1961.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bay of Pigs invasion was the failed attempt by US-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. President Eisenhower authorized the operation and it was subsequently approved by President Kennedy.