Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy pins the National Security Medal on the lapel of Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) J. Edgar Hoover (to the right of Mr. Dulles) and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (wearing glasses; to the right of Director Hoover) are in the background. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.