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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) speaks with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper in the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured (R-L, from doorway): White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Correspondent for CBS News, Robert Pierpoint. Other unidentified members of the press observe.