Book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency june 10 and june 11, 1963. Why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on . Andrew thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you, and the White House Historical association. Particularly meaningful for me, because it was founded by Jackie Kennedy in the white house 60 years ago. I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for some time. Hard as it may be to believe, one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22, 1963. As an eightyearold, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it seemed to me to change something. It developed for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in cap tim cook and the final frontier. I was interested in jfk and the new frontier. As a student,