Editing Dean Rusk (section)

===Poor relationship with President Kennedy===
As he recalled in his autobiography, ''As I Saw It'', Rusk did not have a good relationship with President Kennedy. The president was often irritated by Rusk's reticence in advisory sessions and felt that the State Department was "like a bowl of jelly" and that it "never comes up with any new ideas". In 1963, ''Newsweek'' ran a cover story on the National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy under the title "Cool Head for the Cold War".<ref name="Langguth 229">Langguth, A.J. ''Our Vietnam 1954–1975'', New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000 p.229</ref> The author of the story wrote that Rusk "was not known for his force and decisiveness" and asserted that Bundy was "the real Secretary of State".<ref name="Langguth 229"/> Special counsel to the president [[Ted Sorensen]] believed that Kennedy, being well versed and practiced in foreign affairs, acted as his own secretary of state. Sorensen also said that the president often expressed impatience with Rusk and felt him under-prepared for emergency meetings and crises.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sorensen |first=Ted |title=Counselor: A Life At The Edge Of History |year=2008 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/counselorlifeate00sore/page/233 233–234] |isbn=978-0-06-079871-0 |quote=President Kennedy was less satisfied with his secretary of state, Dean Rusk&nbsp;... John F. Kennedy, more than any president since FDR, was his own secretary of state&nbsp;... But it was not the White House staff that said the State Department was 'like a bowl of jelly', or that it 'never comes up with any new ideas'. Those were John F. Kennedy's words&nbsp;... More than one White House tape revealed the president's impatience with Rusk&nbsp;... nor did JFK or RFK believe that Rusk himself was as thoroughly prepared for emergency meetings and crises as he should have been. |url=https://archive.org/details/counselorlifeate00sore/page/233 }}</ref> As Rusk recounted in his autobiography, he repeatedly offered his resignation, but it was never accepted.<ref>{{harvnb|Rusk|1990|pp=198}}</ref>  Rumors of Rusk's dismissal leading up to the 1964 election abounded prior to President Kennedy's trip to Dallas in 1963. Shortly after [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy was assassinated]], Rusk offered his resignation to the new president, Lyndon B. Johnson.<ref name="Resignation">{{harvnb|Rusk|1990|pp=311, 321, 327}}</ref>  However, Johnson liked Rusk and refused his resignation. He remained secretary throughout Johnson's administration.<ref name="Resignation"/>