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Listening to the Presidency

Candid, unscripted glimpses of American presidents

Conversation Topics
President
President Kennedy with civil rights leaders
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Roy O. Wilkins | A. Phillip Randolph | Walter P. Reuther
Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert McNamara | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Maxwell D. 'Max' Taylor
Troops in Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Joseph A. 'Joe' Mendenhall | Roger Hilsman Jr. | Victor H. 'Brute' Krulak | Rufus C. Phillips III | Dean Rusk
President Kennedy with Maxwell Taylor and Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Dean Rusk
Helicopters in Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Maxwell D. 'Max' Taylor
President Kennedy with Maxwell Taylor and Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert McNamara | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Maxwell D. 'Max' Taylor
President Diem of South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert McNamara | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Robert F. 'Bobby' Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert F. 'Bobby' Kennedy | Maxwell D. 'Max' Taylor | John A. McCone | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Dean Rusk
President Diem of South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Roger Hilsman Jr. | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Dean Rusk
President Kennedy at desk
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy
LBJ laying a wreath on President Kennedy's coffin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pierre E. G. Salinger | Oliver S. Hallett
President Johnson on November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson | Lady Bird Johnson | Rose Kennedy | Malcolm M. 'Mac' Kilduff
JFK on November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson | Lady Bird Johnson | Idanell B. 'Nellie' Connally
President Lyndon Johnson sits facing three civil rights workers on a couch, from left to right, Walter Fauntroy, Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson | Martin Luther King
President Johnson with J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson | J. Edgar Hoover
Members of the Warren Commission hand LBJ the report
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson | Gerald R. 'Jerry' Ford Jr.