Hubby
No, they had been put there by Eisenhower. By the time of the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962 they were already obsolete and Kennedy was considering replacing them with something newer or simply removing them and depending on longer range missiles based further from the border of the USSR. As part of the agreement with Kruschev to remove the missile launchers from Cuba, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove the missiles the US had in Turkey and not replace them.
Kennedy offered to remove the American missiles from Turkey.
US President John F Kennedy negotiated with the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba. It was a serious incident that added to the Cold War.
Yes, and Khruschev announced he would remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba.
John F. Kennedy
As Vice-President, according to our Constitution, when President Kennedy was pronounced dead, Johnson automatically became president, and he was sworn in on the same aircraft that Kennedy and his staff flew to Dallas in the previous day. Whatever aircraft the President happens to be on, carries the designation "Air Force One", and there is a famous photograph that shows Jackie Kennedy, still in blood soaked clothing, and Lyndon Johnson, standing beside the casket that contained the remains of JFK, as Johnson was sworn in aboard the jet liner that had carried the Kennedy's and their staff to Dallas, before they even left the Dallas airport. Johnson said he wanted to get sworn in quickly, so as to remove any argument as to who was then President, back in Washington DC.
President John F. Kennedy was the active President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His role was to successfully get the Soviet Union to remove their Nuclear Missiles from Cuba in 10 days as a threat to the United States of America.
The naval quarantine acted as almost a distraction between the real problems that had arisen from the Cuban Missile Crisis. The real problems were solved between Kennedy and Khrushchev via telegram communication. It didn't do anything to remove the missiles.
Publicly and chronologically speaking, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is about nuclear tests, and was signed after Kennedy forced the Soviets to withdraw their missiles. In my opinion, the way you put it, he may have wanted america to seem to be a force for peace. Good question, president-wise.
The military does not have the athority to remove the president from office.
President Kennedy set up a naval blockade to turn back Soviet ships that were carrying missiles to Cuba. The US promised not to invade Cuba and to remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and Europe in exchange for the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba. The US claimed, that it had already planned the Turkey missile bases.
Chairman Khrushchev proposed in a letter to President Kennedy, dated October 27, 1962:The USSR would remove missiles from Cuba if the United States removed missiles from Turkey.The USSR would honor the sovereignty of Turkey if the United States did so for Cuba.