ExCom

"ExCom," the ad hoc executive committee convened by President Kennedy to address the crisis, decided against striking first, a policy that, in their view, would have been inconsistent with American values.

A Near Miss 2008

"ExCom," the ad hoc executive committee convened by President Kennedy to address the crisis, decided against striking first, a policy that, in their view, would have been inconsistent with American values.

A Near Miss 2008

This time, when CIA spy planes discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba in October 1962, the president put together an extraordinary deliberative body, known as the "ExCom," composed of hawks and doves, present and former high government officials.

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Nor is the model John F. Kennedy, who during the Cuban missile crisis reached out to form an "ExCom" of present and past national-security officials, from both parties, to find some way back from the abyss short of war.

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But President Kennedy chose restraint by rescinding an earlier ExCom decision authorizing retaliation if a U.S. plane were shot down.

A Near Miss 2008

Stern alleged that May and Zelikow's record of conversations about critical issues — such as the anticipated vote by the Organization of American States and the operational status of surface-to-air missiles — either left readers confused, missed the vital point, or changed the meaning of Kennedy's and the other ExCom members 'statements.

A Near Miss 2008

The arrival of this intelligence catalyzed 13 days of intense debate among President Kennedy's closest advisers, convened in an ad hoc "Executive Committee" (ExCom) of the National Security Council.

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Stern alleged that May and Zelikow's record of conversations about critical issues — such as the anticipated vote by the Organization of American States and the operational status of surface-to-air missiles — either left readers confused, missed the vital point, or changed the meaning of Kennedy's and the other ExCom members 'statements.

A Near Miss 2008

But President Kennedy chose restraint by rescinding an earlier ExCom decision authorizing retaliation if a U.S. plane were shot down.

A Near Miss 2008

Even though there is an extended chunk of the narrative spent on Hoover and on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Attorney General and prominent member of ExCom does not appear in the novel at all.

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