Throughout his tenure in office, Kennedy
A. eagerly took up the burden in Vietnam.
B. swung wildly from a desire to shed America of its Vietnam commitment to an insistence on deploying massive numbers of troops to that nation.
C. pursued a negotiated solution in South Vietnam.
D. chose a cautious middle course that expanded America's role in Vietnam but kept it limited.
E. All of these.
Answer: D
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