Who is behind the United States government?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
- Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower (President of the United States) 20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1961
- Led by John F. Kennedy (President of the United States) 20 Jan 1961 – 22 Nov 1963
- Led by Ronald Reagan (President of the United States) 20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1989
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Led by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower head of 20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1961 President of the United States Primary record 1
- John F. Kennedy head of 20 Jan 1961 – 22 Nov 1963 President of the United States Primary record 2
- Ronald Reagan head of 20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1989 President of the United States Scholarship & press 3
Proof 3 sources
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume I: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Kennedy, John F., President of the United States until his assassination on November 22, 1963
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Ronald Reagan, Miller Center, University of Virginia.
Scholarship & press
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, followed a unique path to the White House.
How this answer is built
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