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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Jan 24

    Five days after JFK’s inauguration, first Presidential press conference to be broadcast live on TV—tomorrow 1961:pic.twitter.com/bhKIqlbwsI

    6:30 PM - 24 Jan 2018
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      2. CoachD‏ @BigDaddyStuck Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Wait, what?! Presidents used to give press conferences?

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      3. Your crazy aunt Liz aka Elizabeth Potter Graham JD‏ @Ms_Liz2 Jan 24
        Replying to @BigDaddyStuck @BeschlossDC

        Nixon and Dan Rather used to go at it. I have to admire Nixon for facing his detractors.

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      1. US HAS NARROWEST POLITICAL SPECTRUM IN HUMAN HIST‏ @DoItForMaMa Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        But if we see this fluidity of 1963--both domestic and international-- we understand the CIA Coup of 11.22.63 ... so we are not permitted to see it.

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      2. Kaleena Fraga‏ @Kaleena_Fraga Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        it wasn't eisenhower in 1955?

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      3. KEVIN 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈‏ @kgwrotethis Jan 24
        Replying to @Kaleena_Fraga @BeschlossDC

        it's JFK's first, not the first presidential press conference...that first goes to Woodrow Wilson.

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      4. Kaleena Fraga‏ @Kaleena_Fraga Jan 24
        Replying to @kgwrotethis @BeschlossDC

        Yes, I meant televised. Eisenhower gave the first televised press conference, but Kennedy gave the first *live* televised press conference, it seems

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      1. Lynne Popkowski‏ @pop_lynne Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        My mom called me into the living room to watch this. I didn't know what he was talking about, but I knew it was a moment in history - thanks to mom.

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      2. Steve Lubot‏ @fenwaysteve Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        At the now Dean Acheson auditorium at the State Department I believe...

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      3. alliekenney‏ @alliekenneynyc Jan 24
        Replying to @fenwaysteve @BeschlossDC

        Thanks for that clarification. I was wondering what the space was, as it clearly didn't look like the WH briefing room.

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      1. Scott‏ @worldchmps Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        In five days he tied all of what Trump did in over one year! Think about that!

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      1. J Bush‏ @ejeanbush Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Ah, the days of a presidential, mature, unselfish POTUS.

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      1. Trump Thoughts‏ @TrumpDotDotDot Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        That's undoubtedly the coolest podium I've ever seen.

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      1. A Cursory Matt-down  🔶‏ @MackTheMac Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Back when Presidents would stand before the press.....and answer questions.

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      1. Clay Stone‏ @flinthaven Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Watched a number of those. JFK was so quick witted. It was always entertaining.

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      2. Matt‏ @njmatt18 Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        How far we've fallen

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      3. Debbie Bright‏ @dejayvida Jan 24
        Replying to @njmatt18 @BeschlossDC

        I just thought the same thing. JFK was a speed reader and read several books a month plus newspapers. Plus he consulted people he disagreed with on policy. He had the best and brightest people in his Cabinet regardless of Party. Intelligence mattered

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      1. AJ Klefas‏ @Klefas Jan 25
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @mikefreemanNFL

        6ft tall. However, lean and a sharp attire as always. Like it or not, the look is not as important as the words, but combined, a gravitas influence.

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      1. David Burhenn‏ @DavidBurhenn Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Also significant. Sitting behind JFK and next to Salinger was associate press secretary Andrew Hatcher, the first African American to serve in the WH press office. Mr Hatcher was in many TV shots of the press conferences.

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      1. Debbie Bright‏ @dejayvida Jan 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        JFK had a vocabulary, intellect and wit that we certainly could use today. That’s when intelligence was respected and not ridiculed

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