| Pierre Emil George Salinger | |
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| In office August 4, 1964 – December 31, 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Clair Engle |
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| Succeeded by | George Murphy |
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| Born | June 14, 1925 San Francisco, California |
| Died | October 16, 2004 (aged 79) Cavaillon, France |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Rachel Wilson Young |
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Clair Engle (September 21 1911 &ndash July 30 1964 was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California George Lloyd Murphy ( July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American Dancer, Actor, and Politician. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Cavaillon is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in southern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of He served in the United States Senate as a Democrat from California briefly in 1964. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He later became known for his work as an ABC News correspondent, and in particular for his stories on the American hostage crisis in Iran, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland, and his claims as to the cause of the explosion of TWA flight 800. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American The Iran hostage crisis ( Persian: تصرف سفارت آمریکا was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Trans World Airlines (TWA Flight 800 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F
Salinger served briefly as a Democratic United States Senator in 1964 and was campaign manager for the Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives In Representative democracies, Electoral campaigns larger than a few individuals generally include a campaign manager, either Paid or Volunteer Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a
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Early life
Salinger was born in San Francisco, California, his father a German Jewish mining engineer and his mother a French Catholic journalist. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". His maternal grandfather was a member of the French National Assembly. The French National Assembly. The other is the Senate ( “Sénat”) After serving with the United States Navy during World War II, Salinger graduated from the San Francisco State University. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including San Francisco State University (informally referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public University Salinger then began his journalism career as a reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle and as a contributing Editor to Collier's in the 1940s and 1950s. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H Collier's Weekly was an American Magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957
1960s: The Kennedy Years
In 1961, when John F. Kennedy became President of the United States, he hired Salinger as his press secretary. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by When JFK was assassinated, Salinger was on a plane flying with six Cabinet members, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, going to Tokyo. The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents Salinger's visit was to have been for an economic conference, and to start working on a visit JFK was going to take in February 1964 as the first American president to visit Japan since World War II. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Salinger was retained by President Lyndon Johnson as Press Secretary after JFK's death.
Following his service in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Salinger returned to California and ran for the Senate. He defeated then State Comptroller Alan Cranston in the Democratic Primary and was appointed as a Democratic United States Senator to fill the vacancy resulting from the July 30, 1964 death of retiring Senator Clair Engle, taking office on August 4, 1964. Alan MacGregor Cranston ( June 19 1914 – December 31 2000) was an American Journalist and Democratic Senator The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Clair Engle (September 21 1911 &ndash July 30 1964 was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. In his bid for a full six-year term in the 1964 election, he was defeated by George Murphy following a campaign in which Salinger's only recent move to California became an issue. George Lloyd Murphy ( July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American Dancer, Actor, and Politician. He resigned from the Senate on December 31, 1964, only three days before his term was to expire. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Senator-elect Murphy, who was to take office on January 3, 1965, was appointed to fill the remaining two days of Salinger's term, giving Murphy a slight advantage in seniority in the Senate over other members of the "class of 1964" at a time when seniority was even more vital in Senate affairs than it is currently. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
Salinger was later Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign manager. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a When RFK was assassinated during the campaign, Salinger was 10 to 12 feet away from him when he was shot. Salinger claims that Jim McManus, who was also working on the campaign, said to him, "I've got to get the message to Los Angeles, under no circumstances should Bobby go through that kitchen. . . there's usually grease on the floor. He's going to fall or something. " Salinger was devastated by RFK's assassination and moved to France as a correspondent for L'Express. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. L'Express ( is France 's first weekly news Magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the [1]
Career in broadcast journalism
ABC
In 1978, he was hired by ABC News as its Paris bureau chief. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city He became the network's chief European correspondent based in London in 1983. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
In 1981, he was bestowed with a George Polk award for his scoop that the US government was secretly negotiating to free the Americans held hostage by Iran. The George Polk Awards are a series of American journalism awards issued annually by Long Island University in Brooklyn. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. [2]
In 1991, two Libyans were indicted over the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, but Salinger believed Libya had been set up. In a 1989 ABC Prime Time Live Special, he and his producer, Lex Coleman named the so-called "Kenyan Three" as the masterminds of the bombing. For the Irish News show see Prime Time. Primetime is a general-interest American news magazine show The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The program won an Emmy Award. [3]
After the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, ABC started work on a special program about the invasion and sent Salinger to the Middle East, where he obtained a transcript in Arabic of a conversation between Saddam Hussein and U. The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait which resulted For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 S. Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie, in which Glaspie famously told Saddam: "We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts," interpreted by some as giving Saddam the green light to invade Kuwait, which he did days later. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country April Catherine Glaspie (born April 26, 1942) is an American diplomat, best-known for her role in the events leading up to the Persian Gulf [4]
Life after ABC
After leaving ABC, Salinger moved back to Washington, D.C., and became an executive with the Burson Marsteller public relations firm before returning to France in 2000. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Burson-Marsteller Ltd, is one of the largest public relations agencies in the world This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Until the late 80s, Salinger had been a popular TV pundit in France, and was a frequent guest on French news and public affairs shows when someone was needed to explain or interpret American events for French viewers. A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences Salinger even hosted a program for the cable network A&E in the early 1990s called Dining in France. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta,
Salinger later became known for his claims in November 1996 that friendly fire from the United States Navy was the cause of the TWA Flight 800 crash, based on what was later explained to him as being part of a widespread Internet hoax. Friendly fire or non-hostile fire, a term originally adopted by the United States military, refers to fire from one's own side or allied forces as Trans World Airlines (TWA Flight 800 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F A hoax is a deliberate attempt to Dupe, Deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real when in fact it is not or that Salinger's fervent initial belief in this information has led to the coining of a new term, which refers to the belief in the veracity of all information found on the Internet: "Pierre Salinger Syndrome". [5]
In November 2000, he became exasperated when he was denied permission to give exonerating evidence as part of his testimony before the Scottish Court in the Netherlands to try two Libyans for the downing on December 21, 1988, of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The Scottish court in the Netherlands was the name given to the special High Court of Justiciary set up under Scots law in a disused United States Air Force Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Salinger stated that he knew who the real bombers were, but was told by trial judge, Lord Sutherland: "If you wish to make a point you may do so elsewhere, but I'm afraid you may not do so in this court. A judge, or justice, is an Official who presides over a Court of law "[6]
He later made a permanent move to France, making good on his promise that, "If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. "
Salinger died in October 2004 of heart failure in Cavaillon hospital near his home in Le Thor, France, at the age of 79. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Cavaillon is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in southern France. Le Thor (properly capitalized le Thor) is a town and commune of Provence, in the Vaucluse département in southern [7] He is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
Bibliography
- With Kennedy (2000) ISBN 0385043325
- America Held Hostage
- Secret Dossier: The Hidden Agenda Behind the Gulf War
- Je Suis un Americain
- La France et le Nouveau Monde
- P. S. : A Memoir, 1995
References
- ^ P.S., A Memoir November 12, 1995
- ^ JFK's press secretary dies at 79 17 October, 2004
- ^ CNN on Salinger and TWA Salinger 'totally sure' TWA 800 missile theory is true March 13, 1997
- ^ Pierre Salinger October 18, 2004
- ^ 'Pierre Salinger Syndrome' and the TWA 800 conspiracies July 17, 2006
- ^ Lockerbie trial adjourns 21 November, 2000
- ^ Former Kennedy aide Pierre Salinger dies October 18, 2004
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| Preceded by James C. Hagerty |
White House Press Secretary 1961 – 1964 |
Succeeded by George Reedy |
| Preceded by Clair Engle |
United States Senator (Class 1) from California 1964 Served alongside: Thomas H. Kuchel |
Succeeded by George L. Murphy |
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