Pierre Salinger
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United States Senator from California |
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In office August 4, 1964 – December 31, 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Clair Engle |
| Succeeded by | George Murphy |
| 9th White House Press Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 1961 – March 19, 1964 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | James Hagerty |
| Succeeded by | George Reedy |
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Pierre Emil George Salinger June 14, 1925 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 2004 (aged 79) Cavaillon, France |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Renée Labouré Nancy Joy Nicole Gillman Nicole De Menthon |
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San Francisco State University University of San Francisco (BS) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American politician, author and journalist. He served as the White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and was campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign.
He later became known for his work as an ABC News correspondent, and in particular for his coverage of 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.
Salinger was born in San Francisco, California. His father, Herbert Salinger, was a New York City-born mining engineer, and his mother, Jehanne (née Biétry), was a French-born journalist. Salinger's mother was Catholic and his father was Jewish.
His maternal grandfather was Pierre Biétry, a member of the French National Assembly, who became known for his "vigorous" defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of treason in 1894. His defense of Dreyfus was so impassioned at times during the trial that the Assembly had to be shut down for the day and his grandfather forcibly removed. After the evidence and court found Dreyfus innocent and he was released from life-imprisonment on Devils Island, Dreyfus became a symbol of injustice and right-wing repression. Bietry died in Indochina at the age of thirty-nine.
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