President John F. Kennedy’s aides pose on the West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Appointment Secretary, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Special Assistant for Congressional Relations and Personnel, Larry O’Brien; Economic Advisor, Kermit Gordon; Assistant Special Counsel, Lee C. White; Administrative Assistant, Timothy J. Reardon, Jr.; Advisor for National Capital Affairs, Charles A. Horsky; Deputy Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), Edward A. McDermott; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Ralph A. Dungan; Military Aide, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Counsel, Theodore C. Sorensen; Director of Food for Peace, Richard W. Reuter; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, Bromley Smith; Special Assistant for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.