JFK Inner Circle Profile Maps White House Hub and Spokes Design
Veteran Chief outlines Kennedy era staff as a hub and spokes system with young intellectuals and political operators surrounding the president. Key questions include succession risks, Cuba lessons, and ideas to curb Khrushchev and the arms race while Kennedy stays central in decision making.
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Kennedy Aides and Power Balance In the Kennedy White House
The piece profiles Theodore Sorensen and McGeorge Bundy as central advisers shaping policy and security. It notes Sorensen’s near equal influence with Kennedy and Bundy’s muscular, cautious influence, with other aides like Schlesinger Rostow and Salinger named. It questions whether Kennedy's diffuse consulting will endure and compares his leadership to Hopkins and House.
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William J. Fulbright
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Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
Bob Millsap
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