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Bay of pigs
Jack and Bobby try to convince their father that Bobby’s being named Attorney General would be a major mistake. Quickly drawn into the Bay of Pigs crisis, virtually all of Jack’s advisers – military and civilian – urge him to go ahead with the invasion., Jack and Bobby try to convince their father that Bobby’s being named Attorney General would be a major mistake. Quickly drawn into the Bay of Pigs crisis, virtually all of Jack’s advisers – military and civilian – urge him to go ahead with the invasion. JFK is unsure that the plan will work, and he worries that the operation will be linked back to the US – causing major problems with Cuba’s ally, the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Bobby and J Edgar Hoover butt heads over Bobby’s desire to control the flow of information from the Justice Department. Hoover sets out to hurt Bobby the only way he can – through his brother the President., The Bay of Pigs disaster prompts JFK to make a difficult decision., When the Bay of Pigs invasion proves disastrous, JFK makes a difficult decision he must later atone for., While President Kennedy (Greg Kinnear) attempts to avert global disaster during The Cuban Missile Crisis, his wife Jackie (Katie Holmes) discovers his affair with socialite Mary Meyer.
