Cuban Missile Crisis Who was Who?. John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of US Has overall decision over policy Under pressure to act strong.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Who was Who?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• President of US• Has overall decision

over policy• Under pressure to act

strong

Robert Kennedy

• US attorney General• Deals with legal

affairs• Chief law

enforcement for US

Robert McNamara

• Secretary of Defence• Head of the U.S.

Department of Defence (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters

• Principal defence policy advisor to the President

Dean Rusk

• Secretary of State• Concerned with

Foreign Affairs• Highest ranking

secretary

McGeorge Bundy

• National Security Advisor

• Chief advisor on national security affairs

Lyndon B. Johnson

• Vice President of the United States

John McCone

• Director of CIA (DCI)• The DCI was

coordinating intelligence activities among and between the various United States intelligence agencies

General Maxwell D. Taylor

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• highest ranking military officer in the United States armed forces, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States

General Curtis LeMay

• Head of the United States Air Force

• Part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Admiral George Anderson

• Chief of Naval Operations

• Part of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Adlai Stevenson

• Ambassador to the United Nations

Ted Sorenson

• Special Council to the President

• To advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House

• Writing Speeches and correspondences

Kenneth O’Donnell• Special Assistant to the President• The roles of the Chief of Staff are

both managerial and advisory and can include the following

• Select key White House staff and supervise them

• Structure the White House staff system

• Control the flow of people into the Oval Office

• Manage the flow of information • Protect the interests of the

President • Negotiate with Congress, other

members of the executive branch, and extra governmental political groups to implement the President's agenda