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The United States foreign policy during the presidency of John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 included diplomatic and military initiatives in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, all conducted amid considerable Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe.
President John F. Kennedy: On the Alliance for Progress, 1961. Fitzsimons, Louise. The Kennedy Doctrine (New York: Random House, 1972), 10. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Oral History Collection. Weidman, Lisa Menéndez. A Biography of John F. Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States Archived April 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
John F. Kennedy delivering his speech before television cameras. Kennedy read the prepared portion of his speech from pages placed in a shallow lectern on his desk. [37] An American flag stood in the background behind him. [21] He spoke for 13 minutes and 24 seconds. [39] Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher oversaw the broadcast in the ...
T he 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination reignites longstanding debates about his legacy and the effectiveness of the former president’s tenure in office. Key to ...
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, passed 30 years ago unanimously in the House and Senate, mandated that all records related to the assassination be ...
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy are greeted by an enthusiastic crowd upon their arrival at Dallas Love Field on Nov. 22, 1963, only a few hours before he was assassinated.
Major expansions and improvements were made in Social Security (including retirement at 62 for men), hospital construction, library services, family farm assistance and reclamation. [5] Food stamps for low-income Americans were reintroduced, food distribution to the poor was increased, and there was an expansion in school milk and school lunch ...
In spite of concerns over nepotism, Kennedy's father insisted that Robert F. Kennedy become Attorney General, and the younger Kennedy became the "assistant president" who advised on all major issues. [20] McNamara and Dillon also emerged as important advisers from the cabinet. [21] President John F. Kennedy (seated) with members of his White ...