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Listening to the Presidency

Candid, unscripted glimpses of American presidents

President
Conversation Topics
African American members of the 477th Antiaircraft Artillery study maps in an operations center.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sr. | A. Phillip Randolph | Robert P. Patterson Sr.
Chinese and U.S. Army manned tanks patrol the Burma Road.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sr. | Walter Winchell 
FDR in the Oval Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sr. | J. Frederick Essary  | Stephen T. 'Steve' Early
Cuba map
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Curtis E. LeMay
President Kennedy and Curtis E. LeMay
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Curtis E. LeMay
President Kennedy with Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba map
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Richard B. 'Dick' Russell Jr.
President Kennedy with Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Dean Rusk
President Kennedy and advisors on White House colonnade
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | John A. McCone | Robert McNamara | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Robert A. Lovett
President Kennedy and Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert McNamara | C. Douglas “Doug” Dillon | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
President Kennedy listening to Adlai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Adlai E. Stevenson II | John A. McCone
President Kennedy and Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Llewellyn E. “Tommy” Thompson Jr. | C. Douglas “Doug” Dillon
Cabinet Room meeting
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | U. Alexis “Alex” Johnson | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy
President Kennedy and Ted Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | McGeorge 'Mac' Bundy | Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen
President Kennedy and Pat Brown
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Edmund G. “Pat” Brown
American troops in Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
John F. “Jack” Kennedy | Robert McNamara