Off-script | NCPA : vimarsana.com

Off-script | NCPA : vimarsana.com

Off-script | NCPA

“Good afternoon. Won't you be seated? I have several announcements to make.” And, with that began the first live televised news conference by a U.S. president on this day in 1961. For the occasion, John F. Kennedy discussed a range of topics including nuclear test ban negotiations, famine relief for the Congo, and the release of two American pilots by the Soviet Union.

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