David Powers
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David Francis Powers was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 u
David F. Powers, Special Assistant to President Kennedy
President Kennedy at Powers' 50th birthday party in the White House, 1962
Ted Sorensen
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was the primary speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Ken
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…to the White House and escorted them to the Oval Office, and kept track of Kennedy's extensive wardrobe. Kennedy speechwriter and special counsel Theodore Sorensen recounted a story from the 1960 presidential campaign in which he did not have a necktie for a meeting, and "Dave Powers loaned me one from [Kennedy's…
Sorensen in 1983
White House photo of Sorensen during the Kennedy administration
Ted Sorensen in 2009