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Eh....historical perspective. In 1962, Sputnik and the cold war and the space race WERE the issues of the day related to international relations.
Today, unrest in the middle east and the flow of oil and a huge risk in Iran and Venezuela (as far as losing oil flow) are major international issues.
I would also say that Kennedy had no real domestic opposition in that goal. Getting off of foreign oil by developing our own sources of alternative energy or producing more of our own has many, many domestic opponents (or 100 senators with vastly differing ideas and opinions).
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