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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 Feb 20

    At White House, JFK and LBJ nervously watch John Glenn’s launch into earth orbit, with Congressional leaders (Boggs, Albert, Humphrey Mansfield) this morning 1962: #JFKLibrarypic.twitter.com/X1nr2zehiv

    8:37 AM - 20 Feb 2018
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      1. Dermot McEvoy‏ @FenianLaugh Feb 20
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        imagine that, a president who actually cared about the country

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      1. Kathleen Celata‏ @celata_kathleen Feb 20
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @instinctnaturel

        Remember when things like this were an event and a thrill? *sigh*

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      1. LynneH Votes‏ @LynneHillman3 Feb 20
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @JohnJHarwood

        Today they would be watching Fox deny that the US has a man in space.

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      1. grayhawk‏ @DBatch65 Feb 20
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        Pictures like this amaze me. The most powerful men in the world, at the time, transfixed to a TV.

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      1. Jeff Ralston  🥧 🥧 🍻‏ @JeffR914 Feb 20
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        Yes, kids. That was good sized TV back then.

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      1. Melinda S. Gable‏ @MelindaSGable Feb 20
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        We were so fortunate to have such a visionary leader as President Kennedy!

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      1. Jason Mundstuk‏ @jmundstuk Feb 20
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        What a time! What a crew!

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      1. Derek Roy‏ @derekroy100 Feb 20
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        In a way, it is a shame that we have not done more and traveled farther. But on the flip side, it is amazing how far we have come!

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      1. Buzz Atkinson‏ @BuzzysLosers Feb 20
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        These were and still are my heroes. The men of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Along with Yeager and Crossfield, they had “the right stuff”!#NASA #Friendship7

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      1. Sandy Hill‏ @sandra_9224 Feb 20
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        Those were the good old days! Truth was in style in the WH!

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      2. Jon Abu-Kpawoh  ✍‏ @jckpawoh Feb 20
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        That television 😅

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      1. Dermot McEvoy‏ @FenianLaugh Feb 20
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        that's jfk speechwriter, ted sorenson extremely left

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      1. JN‏ @ML77 Feb 20
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        I was 6 and remember watching it kn a tv like that in black and white

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      1. DR‏ @DeanFromCC Feb 20
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        That's some state of the art electronics happening right there.

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      1. HumIntCollector‏ @safety_refinery Feb 20
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        How many die of natural causes?

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      1. LeCingola‏ @LeCingola Feb 20
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        Look at that tv!

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      1. Jeanette Rykhus‏ @j_rykhus Feb 20
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        #hhh

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      1. Arlene Hirsch‏ @ashirsch Feb 20
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        Look at that tiny B&W tv.

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