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Vice President Johnson Was Assigned the Task of Unifying the U.S. Satellite Programs

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President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy asked Johnson to head up the satellite program because he understood its importance to future telecommunications

CREDIT: "President John F. Kennedy, Head-and-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front." 1961. By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present, Library of Congress.



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