Photograph
White House Photographs
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Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Mrs. Johnson and President John F. Kennedy stand in front. Others, L-R: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan (in back); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); unidentified; Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (partially hidden behind Johnson); Vice President Johnson; unidentified man right of column; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh (at right, clapping); Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.