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Not New Tactic JFK Dips Into GOP Ranks To Fill Controversial Jobs
President Kennedy seeks Senate approval for Henry Cabot Lodge Jr as ambassador to South Vietnam. The pick follows a pattern of hiring Republicans for sensitive posts to limit GOP criticism and project bipartisanship. Analysts note it mirrors FDR moves and may not alter Indochina policy criticism.
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JFK
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
South
Viet Nam
Inoeking Lodge
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
C. Douglas Dillon
Treasury
GOP
Christian A. Herter
William C. Fosse
Westchester County
N.Y
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
John J. McCloy
F.D.R
Lodge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Knox
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Richard M. Nixon
Dillon
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Indochina