DecisionMaking in the White House and its End Result

             Decision Making In The White House And It's End Result
             When the United States suffers from vital issues concerning the fate of our country, the President of the United States is the one and only person who decides what to do then anticipate the outcome.
             "The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was one of the turning points of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union (pg. 1, NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis)," which went down as a very big deal in history. The Terrorist Attack of September 2001 however will go down in history as one of the most heinous attacks in the world. What the two major issues had in common was that the President of the United States had/has to decide whether or not retaliation is an option for them. This essay will cover the causes of the issues, how they were/are dealt with, and the upshot.
             During the Cuban Missile Crisis, soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev collaborated with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro to have Soviet missiles shipped to the island of Cuba. Khrushchev felt it was a threat to Russia that the U.S. had nuclear weapons based in Italy and Turkey targeted to the USSR. John F. Kennedy who was president at the time, also felt threatened considering that Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida. So Kennedy needed to comprehend his options and await the results. In September 2001, terrorists from Saudi Arabia hijacked two planes hitting the World Trade Center buildings ripping them to pieces. The U.S. accused Osama Bin Ladin and his terrorist organization of carrying out the attacks. Bin Ladin did this because he is against the 'Pro-Israel' policy that the U.S. has in the Middle East, and felt that terrorizing America would make us change it. President Bush is greatly burdened with this situation and must come up with ideal resolutions that will reassure the people of America. Sure enough, these stressful issues made the two presidents decide what to do a...

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