In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.
<span>The Republican president worked out an agreement with the Democratic majority in Congress to raise taxes and reduce the national debt is George H.W. Bush. Bush acknowledged the Democrats' requests for higher taxes and all the more spending, which estranged him from Republicans and offered the route to a sharp abatement in prominence. Shrubbery would later say that he wished he had never marked the bill.</span>
