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President John F. Kennedy pins the National Security Medal on the lapel of Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup is in the background (wearing glasses; to the right of Mr. Dulles). CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M9-5-61
Audience members at the presentation of the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Seated in the first row (L-R): three unidentified women; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and the Attorney General. Seated in the second row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (wearing glasses). J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seated in the third row, to the right of General Lemnitzer. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M9-3-61
President John F. Kennedy pins the National Security Medal on the lapel of Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) J. Edgar Hoover (to the right of Mr. Dulles) and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (wearing glasses; to the right of Director Hoover) are in the background. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.