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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKR-01
In this interview Ruina discusses the Nike-Zeus antiballistic-missile-missiles; briefing President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on the Nike-Zeus missiles; JFK’s comprehension of the briefing material and the type of questions he asked; Project Defender; the background and organization of the Advanced Research Projects Agency; the leadership and organization of the Department of Defense; interactions with Robert S. McNamara; competition between the military and the Defense Department on research and development and for resources and congressional funds; the period of new, advanced—but not always useful—technology; and Project AGILE and counterinsurgency efforts in Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-23-B
KN13
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20722
President John F. Kennedy visits the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. L-R: Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Dr. Harold Brown. Berkeley, California.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20714
President John F. Kennedy visits the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. L-R: Director of the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory, Dr. John S. Foster, Jr.; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg (in back); President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Dr. Harold Brown (behind Secretary McNamara); White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley. Berkeley, California.