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President John F. Kennedy's Assassination
Who assassinated President Kennedy? There are so many questions about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in front of the Texas School Book Depository. Along came four gun shots aiming right for the President.
According to the evidence card, The Grassy Knoll, a woman took a photo of a suspicious figure on The Knoll and a F.B.I. agent said he needed the photo and promised to give it back and never did. This F.B.I agent may have kept that photo because he was part of the assassination. He may not have been the only one.
The assassination might have been a conspiracy. Other people might have been involved and not just one person. According to the text Oswald has been

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