Lyndon Johnson
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led the country for five years (1963-1968) after
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy died of gunshot wounds on November 22, 1963.
He formulated many policies and carried out many others that Kennedy could not
finish. He faced many foreign problems as well, including the Vietnam War and
the Cold War. ....
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.... family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help
and God's," quoted Lyndon Johnson after the assassination of friend, colleague,
and leader President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at one-o'clock on November 22,
1963(Peter Lisagor, 151). Johnson took on the large role as president aboard the
presidential Air Force jet at Love Field, Dallas exactly ninety-nine minutes
after Kennedy died. Coincidentally becoming the second vice president with the
last name Johnson to succeed an ....
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