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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1) as participating ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet pass in review, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. (L-R) Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (wearing binoculars); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified United States Navy admiral (in back); President Kennedy; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); and unidentified.
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Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy (at bottom of airplane stairs) upon President Kennedy's arrival aboard Air Force One at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Walking down airplane stairs behind the President are from top left: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); and Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); others are unidentified. The President traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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Standing on the reviewing platform in front of Air Force One, President John F. Kennedy (left, holding hat) and Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), face U.S. military honor guard troops (not pictured) during arrival ceremonies at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Those standing behind the platform include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell; and Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma). President Kennedy traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated at the table (L-R): the Shahanshah, President Kennedy, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated at the table (L-R): the Shahanshah, President Kennedy, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated at the table (L-R): the Shahanshah, President Kennedy, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated at the table (L-R): the Shahanshah, President Kennedy, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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President John F. Kennedy (standing at the lectern) delivers remarks upon presenting the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Seated behind the President, facing away from the camera, are (L-R) General C.P. Cabell, Deputy Director of the CIA, and Mr. Dulles. Seated in the audience are Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
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Audience members at the presentation of the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Seated in the first row (L-R): three unidentified women; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and the Attorney General. Seated in the second row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (wearing glasses). J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seated in the third row, to the right of General Lemnitzer. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to present the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles and is greeted by Mr. Dulles. Walking behind the President are Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. United States Army helicopters are visible in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to present the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the CIA. Walking behind President Kennedy are Mr. Dulles, Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, United States Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. White House Secret Service Agent Bill Duncan walks to the right of President Kennedy. United States Army helicopters are visible in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Front row (L – R): Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified man. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. . Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army (second to left of President Kennedy); President Kennedy (center); Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (behind and right of President Kennedy); unidentified aides and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze (mostly hidden behind the President), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (right) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy met with Secretary McNamara and other members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (right) leave the White House after meeting with President John F. Kennedy and other members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Clockwise from top right side of table: Under Secretary of State George Ball, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone (mostly hidden behind Director Foster). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. (L-R) President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. (L-R) President Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (seated). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM). Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM). Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. (L-R) President Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (seated), and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.