Collection Presidential Retreats
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President Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Press Conference
- Photographer
- Robert Knudsen
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
President Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Press Conference
President John F. Kennedy holds a press conference from the Oval Office during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962.
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