National Security Files. 1961-1963.

National Security Council (U.S.)

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The National Security Council (NSC) is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the Council's function has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. The NSC is chaired by th...

Kaysen, Carl

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Carl Kaysen (b. 1920), economist, educator, and government official, was a professor at Harvard University from 1946 to 1966. He served the Kennedy administration as Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from1961 to 1963. Kaysen held the post of Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University from 1966 to 1976. From the description of Kaysen, Carl, 1920- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581293 ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Brubeck, William H.

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