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White House Photographs
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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.