Dean Rusk 23, 1963, the day after JFK's assassination, Rusk said the US had "much unfinished business" and offered praises for both the late President Kennedy and LBJ while speaking at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. When Lyndon B. Johnson died in 1973, Rusk eulogized the former President when he lay in state. On August 29, 1964, amid the ongoing presidential election, Rusk called for bipartisan support to ensure that the US's foreign policy have both consistency and reliability and said Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater was creating "mischief". The following month, at a September 10 press conference in the main
Committee to Defend the President Committee to Defend the President The Committee to Defend the President was first established as the hybrid Stop Hillary PAC in 2013. The PAC changed its name to the Committee to Defend the President in 2017. Ted Harvey, a former Colorado state senator, chairs the Committee. According to paperwork filed with the FEC, the hybrid PAC's founder is political consultant Guy Short. Campaign finance lawyer Dan Backer was listed as the PAC's first treasurer. According to federal records, the Committee to Defend the President's top vendor is political consulting firm Campaign Solutions, whose vice president of fundraising is also Guy