Jfk Assassination Research Paper

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The JFK Assassination

JFK was one of our nation's best presidents mainly for avoiding the Cuban missile crisis. He also has another achievement that is not so pleasant. He is the only president that was assassinated but not knowing how it happened. (Not sure what this means: but not knowing how it happened. Please elaborate.) This is where the speculation starts, and where conspiracy theories are born. So get ready to have some theory pancakes with some knowledge syrup, because we are taking a tour through the most complicated murder in american history.

So, about the assassination, it's kinda complex so to summarize,the main debates about JFK assassination is there was very little to no forensic evidence also meaning that it was very

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