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Kennedy Selects Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense

by David Coleman

President-elect John F. Kennedy’s fifth appointment to his new Cabinet filled the Secretary of Defense spot. He chose 44-year-old Robert S. McNamara, who had recently been appointed President of the Ford Motor Company.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Adlai Stevenson, Dean Rusk, JFK, Robert McNamara

Running late for a meeting with the President? Here’s an excuse worth trying.

by David Coleman

It worked for Adlai Stevenson when he missed his plane for a meeting at the White House on December 17, 1962.

Filed Under: White House Tapes Tagged With: Adlai Stevenson