Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the Cuban Missile Crisis as it relates to presidential power and decision making?
A. Every decision on how to respond to the threat was approved by a joint Congressional committee.
B. It was a crisis that President John Kennedy saw fit to manage exclusively with ranking members of the Senate.
C. Every decision on how to respond to the threat rested exclusively with President John Kennedy and his inner circle.
D. It was the first international crisis in which Congress knowingly gave their defense authority to the President.