sense gave his life for that legislation and other pieces to come. >> that's a good point there. what significant issues did johnson adopt on his own or as his own as well? >> the more i study it, the more i recognize that johnson used the kennedy image, the kennedy name, the fact that he had succeeded the assassinated president to achieve johnson's own goals. were they to a certain degree kennedy's goals? yes. but they were reshaped and generally expanded -- substantially expanded by lyndon johnson. classic example, the war on poverty. right before dallas, john kennedy, president kennedy had approved the idea of doing a couple of demonstration projects across the country to fight poverty. lyndon johnson was informed of this the day after the assassination, told the economic aide who talked to kennedy, no, no, i want to do this nationally immediately. go full tilt, johnson said.
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