Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were involved in his brother's assassination and privately believed the Warren Commission report was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship." Kennedy was 9 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated and 14 years old when Robert Kennedy was assassinated. Kennedy has written extensively on foreign policy issues, beginning with a 1974 Atlantic Monthly article titled, "Poor Chile," discussing the overthrow of Chilean President, Salvador Allende. Kennedy also wrote editorials against the execution of Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. In 1975, he published an article in The Wall Street Journal, criticizing the use of assassination as a foreign
Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy The presidency of John F. Kennedy began on January 20, 1961, when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, and ended on November 22, 1963, upon his assassination and death, a span of . A Democrat, he took office following the 1960 presidential election, in which he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served out the remaining of Kennedy's term, and was elected to the presidency in his own right in 1964. This timeline begins on January 2,