Kennedy's campaign included rhetoric about "closing the missile gap" with the Soviet Union,
A. and once in office he proposed an increase in defense spending, even though he was actually soft on communism.
B. and he fulfilled his promise to increase military spending even thought there was in fact no missile gap.
C. and he fulfilled his promise to increase military spending in an effort to close that gap.
D. but he did very little once in office to strengthen the U.S. militarily.
Answer: B
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