| 11. | It was he who proclaimed the missile gap, earning the emnity of President Dwight Eisenhower.
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| 12. | Shortly after assuming office, Kennedy acknowledged that his own Pentagon could discover no missile gap.
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| 13. | But since the days of the hydrogen bomb and the " missile gap,"
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| 14. | To add to the debate, it was becoming clear that the missile gap was fictional.
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| 15. | "It's like the missile gap with the Russians, " he said.
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| 16. | On taking office in January 1961, Kennedy was informed that the missile gap was an illusion.
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| 17. | The Air Force suggested they close this missile gap by building more ICBMs of their own instead.
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| 18. | John Kennedy campaigned by deploring a missile gap with the Soviet Union that miraculously disappeared once he took office.
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| 19. | The perceived " missile gap " led to a considerable defense buildup on the part of the United States.
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| 20. | The 1960 American presidential election saw accusations of a wholly spurious missile gap between the Soviets and the Americans.
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