Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-76-7-61
President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the opening session of the Committee meetings in the International Conference Room at the State Department, Washington, D.C. The Military Committee is comprised of the Chiefs of Staff of NATO member nations. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer stands directly behind President Kennedy; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Lauris Norstad stands to the President's right.