Word: lebanon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason for seeking re-election to a small group of friends: "I want to advance our chances for world peace, if only by a little, maybe only a few feet." At first his second term seemed only to bring more cold war crises. The President sent U.S. troops to Lebanon, again deployed U.S. warships in Formosa Strait. Then, on Nov. 27, 1958, Russia's Khrushchev handed the Western allies an ultimatum to get out of Berlin...