The convention delegates agreed to protect themselves from the “licentious publications of their proceedings” by voting to keep those proceedings a complete secret from all outsiders, including the press.
Virginia was in tatters after a series of battles in the first years of the war, so Lee was hoping to give Virginia some relief and to take the battle North into Northern territory to inflict damage onto the towns of the North. This would have the added benefit of a psychological blow for the North, if they were to lose a battle on their own turf.
Former President John F. Kennedy is one of the America's greatest presidents due to his significant policies and measures that prevented a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. In addition, what makes him different to other administrations in combatting communism is that he makes use of the Peace Corps to third world countries to prevent the influence of the communists.