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“JAN 22, 1961: Several members of the incoming Kennedy Administration including Dean Rusk [U.S. Secretary of State], Robert McNamara [U.S. Secretary of Defense], Chester Bowles [Under Secretary of State], and Robert Kennedy [U.S. Attorney General] receive a briefing on the Cuba operation at the State Department.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“JAN 22, 1961: Several members of the incoming Kennedy Administration including Dean Rusk [U.S. Secretary of State], Robert McNamara [U.S. Secretary of Defense], Chester Bowles [Under Secretary of State], and Robert Kennedy [U.S. Attorney General] receive a briefing on the Cuba operation at the State Department.\u201d “The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of […]<\/p>\n

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