Which of the following statements describes President Kennedy's flexible-response strategy?
A) It allowed him to choose between sending the National Guard and sending the regular army
into situations requiring military force.
B) It gave Congress the option to choose between raising and lowering defense spending.
C) It met his demand for a wider choice than humiliation or all-out nuclear action.
D) It pertained to the number of missiles the United States would launch in response to a Soviet
attack.