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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-01-11-A
AR15, ST08
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-7-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-6-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack stand behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests stand, applauding. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-5-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-4-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-2-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack are seated behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests look on. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-13-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests look on. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-10-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy; Clerk of the House of Representatives Ralph R. Roberts sits at right. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-1-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack are seated behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests look on. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-3-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-14-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6974-C
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack are seated behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests look on. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6974-B
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack stand behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests stand, applauding. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6974-A
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack are seated behind President Kennedy; Representatives, Senators, and other guests look on. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.