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JFKWHP-KN-28412
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28411
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; former Naval Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; former United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), W. Randolph Burgess; Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Clark Clifford; Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Dennison; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Captain Edward L. Beach; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified woman; Admiral Dennison; two unidentified men; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the cabinet walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those walking include: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Postmaster General, John A. Gronouski; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. North Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) speaks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, upon arrival on the South Lawn aboard a United States Army helicopter from Dallas, Texas, via Andrews Air Force Base. Also pictured: First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Rufus Youngblood, and James J. Rowley. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (both in center) speak with Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood, upon arrival on the South Lawn from Dallas, Texas, via Andrews Air Force Base. Those exiting United States Army helicopter include: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson arrive on the South Lawn from Dallas, Texas, via Andrews Air Force Base. Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, exits United States Army helicopter behind President Johnson; Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood, stands right of stairs. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor (center), and Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (left), following a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others observe as Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (at lectern, reading from a piece of paper), delivers remarks during the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad. Left to right: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (at microphones); General Norstad; Secretary McNamara. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad; President Kennedy (center left) pins the medal to General Norstad's lapel. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stands at left, in the background; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (standing behind lectern), observes at right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks during the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad. General Norstad stands right of President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, stands at right, behind lectern. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (left), and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, in the Oval Office. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (left), and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, in the Oval Office. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (mostly hidden); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Seated along windows behind table (L-R): Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller (on edge of frame). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (mostly hidden); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Seated along windows behind table (L-R): Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (mostly hidden); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver (face obscured); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Seated along windows behind table (L-R): Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy (face obscured); Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Seated along windows behind table (L-R): Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Seated along windows behind table (L-R): Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Cabinet. Seated at table (clockwise from left): Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (hidden behind Webb); Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), John E. Horne (hidden behind Day); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management, William H. Orrick, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, John A. Carver; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (back to camera). Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason, sits at far left in front of bookcase; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin, sits next to Gleason. Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby, sits at far right in front of window; Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, sits next to Halaby. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Left to right: Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); President Kennedy; Representative John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) attends signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (partially hidden on edge of frame); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (partially hidden, on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back); unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back, partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (face obscured); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King of California (partially hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back); unidentified; Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (very back, mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. of Georgia (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (face obscured); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back, partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back, partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.