Appointed in 1947 to head the Office of Special Political Affairs, he privately opposed the establishment of Israel.
Appointed in 1947 to head the Office of Special Political Affairs, he privately opposed the establishment of Israel. Onetime head of the Rockefeller Foundation, he denounced an official United States apology to North Korea as "a lie" before he signed his name to it in order to gain the release of Lloyd Boucher and his crew during the Pueblo Incident. Often overshadowed by McGeorge Bundy, during the Cuban Missile Crisis he is credited with saying, "We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked." A staunch defender of the Vietnam War, for 10 points name this man who served as secretary of state during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Appointed in 1947 to head the Office of Special Political Affairs, he privately opposed the establishment of Israel.
Dean {Rusk}