Kennedy capitalized on his claim that America had fallen behind the Soviet Union in missile production and was the victim of a serious " missile gap ."
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Somehow, the tussle over whether Gore or Bush would offer more generous prescription drug benefits does not seem on par with the space race or the missile gap.
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During a transition briefing, Jerome Wiesner, " a member of Eisenhower's permanent Science Advisory Committee, & explained that the missile gap was a fiction.
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He charged that the Dwight Eisenhower administration had created a " missile gap " by letting the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile stockpile grow much larger than our own.
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I recall Quemoy and Matsu, several missile gaps and lusting in the heart, but a presidential candidate being asked about his preference in grocery bags breaks new ground.
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One consequence of the " Sputnik " shock was the perception of a " missile gap . " This became a dominant issue in the 1960 Presidential campaign.
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Callahan also faults Nitze for his central role in the 1958 Gaither Committee, which helped fuel erroneous fears of a " missile gap " that favored the Soviet Union.
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Ever since John Kennedy and Richard Nixon sparred over a fabricated " missile gap " during the 1960 election, ballistic missiles have hovered menacingly over American presidential elections.
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The Air Force warned in the 1950s of a " bomber gap " and a " missile gap, " and won the cash to fill them.
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Then with the " missile gap " that became an issue in the 1960 presidential election and morphed into a race with the Soviet Union for superior delivery systems.
