Nation: Who's Newly Who

The Cuba disaster brought a lot of shifts, some subtle and some drastic, in the new New Frontier pecking order. Among the major ups and downs:

Attorney General Bobby Kennedy: way, way up—to a position ranking second only to Big Brother.

Ted Sorensen, the President's longtime administrative assistant and specialist in domestic politics and policies: up a lot as a dedicated doubter who will now be turning his doubts on State Department and Pentagon careermen.

Dean Rusk, Secretary of State: up, because he voiced advance doubts about the success of the Cuba expedition—and refrained afterward from reminding his teammates that he had been right.

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