Kennedy's Last Days: The Assassination That Defined a Generation (3 page)

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

Lyndon Baines Johnson:
JFK’s vice president, then 36th president of the United States.

ROBERT S. McNAMARA

Robert S. McNamara:
Secretary of defense.

KENNETH P. O’DONNELL

Kenneth “Kenny” P. O’Donnell:
Organizer of JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign, special assistant and appointments secretary to President Kennedy, later campaign manager for Robert Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign.

DAVID FRANCIS POWERS

David “Dave” Francis Powers:
Special assistant and assistant appointments secretary to President Kennedy, later curator of the JFK Library and Museum.

PIERRE SALINGER

Pierre Salinger:
White House press secretary.

ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.:
Special assistant to the president.

TED SORENSEN

Ted Sorensen:
Special counsel to the president.

EARL WARREN

Earl Warren:
Fourteenth chief justice of the Supreme Court, chairman of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, informally known as the Warren Commission.

POLITICAL LEADERS

FIDEL CASTRO

Fidel Castro:
Prime minister and later president of Cuba.

John Connally:
Governor of Texas, rides in the presidential limousine in Dallas.

DWIGHT EISENHOWER

Dwight Eisenhower:
Thirty-fourth president of the United States.

ANDREI GROMYKO

Andrei Gromyko:
Soviet foreign minister.

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV

Nikita Khrushchev:
Premier of the Soviet Union.