Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
I’m finished. Go with somebody else.
Johnson had no real role as Vice President in the JFK administration. He had no power as he understood it also. He urged his staff to hook up with another politician who had a brighter future. Then JFK was assassinated and Johnson was suddenly the post powerful person in the world.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX), Statement to his staff when he was Vice President, 1963, Quoted by Robert Caro, Interview, PBS News Hour, May 10, 2012
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After the military victory in Iraq, Garner was in charge of reconstruction and getting Iraqi civil servants paid. Then the President appointed Paul Bremer as the do facto Governor of Iraq. No sooner did Bremer arrive and take charge than he alienated most Iraqi and even American officials including Garner. Bremer wanted direct control of all civilian and military staff including Garner’s staff. Garner did go home, and Bremer totally controlled a difficult situation in post-war nation building of Iraq. By the end of Bremer’s tenure, the situation had deteriorated almost beyond repair.
Responding to a columnist's criticism of a Defense Department project, JFK wrote across the bottom of the article:
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, in office from 1963 to 1969. He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson was also a United States representative and later majority leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people to have served, at various times, in all four federal elected positions.
