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NEWS ABOUT: Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson stories: 29 news summaries

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How US Tried to Whack Castro

CIA devised creative means to remove Cuban president

Feb 21, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite several assassination attempts against Fidel Castro, the Cuban president stepped down Tuesday on his own terms. The CIA came up with at least eight sometimes-kooky ways to oust the leader, CNN reports, most of which were not carried out:
  • Chemical attack on the air of his radio station.
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CIA • Lyndon Johnson • Fidel Castro • Cuba • John F. Kennedy • list • assassination attempt • James Donovan

Hillary Praises MLK, Gets Tepid Response

Hopeful rouses little excitement at event honoring King

Jan 14, 08 6:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton faced a smattering of applause, scattered boos, and a few walkouts at a Martin Luther King, Jr. event in New York today, ABC reports. "Each of us, no matter who we are and where we started from, is a beneficiary of Dr. King," she told the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • New York • Lyndon Johnson • Martin Luther King Jr. • election

Fateful 1963 Xmas Card Missing on Tour

Greeting never sent out after JFK assassination

Dec 22, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Visitors on a White House Christmas tour have noticed something missing—a rare 1963 greeting card that John F. Kennedy signed before his fateful trip to Dallas, Reuters reports. President and Jacquelyn Kennedy signed fewer than 30 of the cards, which were never sent out. "They are the most... More »

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White House • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Christmas • White House visitors

‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ
Grow War

Schlesinger diaries depict liberal flight as prez sought heroism

Sep 29, 07 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Vietnam War • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • Dick Goodwin • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Averell Harriman

Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job

Romney and Kerry stand in long line of political mind-changing

Sep 18, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking”... More »

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Mitt Romney • taxes • John Kerry • Lyndon Johnson • Ronald Reagan • civil rights • flip flop • John Quincy Adams • slavery • Election 2008 • presidential election

Gospel Lives in the Oval Office

New biography reflects on Billy Graham's counsel to 8 of
last 9 presidents

Aug 29, 07 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham has seen US leaders laid bare, from skinny-dipping with LBJ to long walks on the beach with GWB. A new book details the ailing 88-year-old preacher’s rendezvous with presidents past, including counseling Ford to pardon Nixon and advising Hillary Clinton to look past Monica Lewinsky. Graham’s... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • religion • Billy Graham • evangelism • Richard Nixon • George HW Bush • Monica Lewinsky • Gerald Ford • George W. Bush

Lady Bird Johnson Mourned

Jul 14, 07 10:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heady mix of past presidents and past and current first ladies paid their respects to Lady Bird Johnson, whose funeral was held in Austin, TX, today, after more 12,000 people filed past her coffin at the top of a marble staircase at the Johnson Library. She died Wednesday... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • obituary • Lady Bird Johnson • Bill Moyers • funeral

Lady Bird Johnson Dead at 94

Former first lady fought for civil rights

Jul 11, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former president Lyndon Johnson, is dead today at 94. Johnson was a vociferous—if always graceful—campaigner for the beautification of the country and, during one of the most turbulent presidencies of all time, for civil rights and the betterment of the poor. More »

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Texas • presidency • Lyndon Johnson • obituary • Lady Bird Johnson • first lady

Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

Hollywood's man in Washington pioneered ratings system

Apr 27, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and... More »

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Hollywood • film • Jack Valenti • MPAA • Lyndon Johnson • obituary • death • lobbyist • movies

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