You remember the words of President Kennedy a week or so ago, when someone asked him when he was in Canada, and Dean Rusk was in Europe, and Vice President Johnson was in Asia, `` Who is running the store ''??

The largest oil field in the lower 48 states, the East Texas oil field, was not discovered until 1930, when wildcatter Columbus Marion Joiner ( more commonly known as " Dad " Joiner ) drilled the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well, in Rusk County, Texas.

The prestigious post went to the ( then ) little-known Dean Rusk and Stevenson was appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

What was originally limited to the lower end of Rusk Street ( renamed Commerce Street in 1917 ) spread out in all directions.

After the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845, Houston was elected to the U. S. Senate, along with Thomas Jefferson Rusk.

In 1951 Dean Rusk, the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, branded the People's Republic of China a " Slavic Manchukuo ", implying that it was a puppet state of the Soviet Union just as Manchukuo had been a puppet state of the Empire of Japan.

The late Professor Roger Rusk ( 1906 – 1994 ), brother of former U. S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, was a prominent teacher of British Israelism.

Bowles had not survived conflicts with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his appointment to the White House was partly compensatory.

Focusing on Johnson's Presidency alone, however, some of his advisers, including Secretary of State Rusk and Walt Rostow, insisted that the Council's advisory role was actually performed principally by another institution, the Tuesday Lunch Group, and that those lunch meetings were in effect regular NSC meetings.

David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994 ) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Dean Rusk was born in a rural district of Cherokee County, Georgia, the son of Robert Hugh and Frances Elizabeth ( Clotfelter ) Rusk.

He was made Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs in 1950 and played an influential part in the US decision to become involved in the Korean War, and also in Japan's postwar compensation for victorious countries, such as the Rusk documents.

Rusk was a Rockefeller Foundation trustee from 1950 to 1961.

According to historian and former Special Assistant to President Kennedy Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Rusk was not Kennedy's first choice, but rather the " lowest common denominator ", as Kennedy's first choice, J. William Fulbright, proved too controversial.

Rusk was sworn in in January, 1961.

Rusk also drew the ire of supporters of Israel after he let it be known that he believed the USS Liberty incident was a deliberate attack on the ship, rather than an accident.

Rusk repeatedly offered his resignation, but it was never accepted

By this time Clifford clearly disagreed with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, who believed, according to The Washington Post, " that the war was being won by the allies " and that it " would be won if America had the will to win it.

Founded in 1901, Rusk County was originally named " Gates " County.

* 1967 – Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U. S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition

* In the anime Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Pyxis is represented by Rusk, pupil of " El Cid " of Capricorn.

** Vietnam War: U. S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U. S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile, because of North Vietnam's opposition.

Secretary Rusk stressed to the Government of Israel that no settlement with Jordan would be accepted by the world community unless it gave Jordan some special position in the Old City of Jerusalem.

A State Department study noted that when King Hussein met on 8 November with Lyndon Johnson, who had been briefed by Secretary Rusk on the US interpretation, the Jordanian Monarch asked how soon the Israeli troops would withdraw from most of the occupied lands.

Three thousand troops of the Texas army encamp near Spring Creek, Victoria County, under the command of Gen. Thomas J. Rusk, as the main defense against a threatened attack by Mexican general José de Urrea.

Originally a part of Nacogdoches County, Rusk was established as its own county by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on January 16, 1843.

Rusk County's population was 8, 148 at this time ; it was surpassed only by Harrison County with 11, 822 people.

* Historic materials about Rusk County, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

The City of Gallatin is served by the Rusk Independent School District.

The City of Rusk and surrounding rural areas are served by the Rusk Independent School District.

The city of New London is served by the West Rusk Independent School District.

The City of Reklaw is served by the Rusk Independent School District.

The Gregg County portion of Easton is served by the Longview Independent School District, while the Rusk County portion is served by the Tatum Independent School District.

The Rusk County portion of Overton is served by the Overton Independent School District.

An amendment by Jefferson Davis giving the U. S. most of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, all of Coahuila and a large part of Chihuahua was supported by both senators from Texas ( Sam Houston and Thomas Jefferson Rusk ), Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, Edward A. Hannegan of Indiana, and one each from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee.

Houston, urged by Texas Secretary of War Thomas J. Rusk, who had caught up with the militia to consult with Houston at the insistence of President Burnet, began the action.

After the testimony by Houston and Rusk, the next issue became how quickly Colt could supply the military.

of State Dean Rusk, Sen. George Aiken, President Kennedy, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Sen. Everett Dirksen, William C. Foster, Sen. Howard W. Cannon, Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, Vice President Johnson.

It is named for Junius William Mottley, an aide to General Thomas Jefferson Rusk and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

In 1850 General Sam Houston and General Thomas Jefferson Rusk lobbied Secretary of War William Marcy and President James K. Polk to adopt Colt's revolvers for the US military.

* Rusk, William Sener, Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials, The Norman Remington Company, baltimore, 1924

Inside the Hall of State is the Hall of Heroes, which features six bronze statues of James Fannin, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Thomas Jefferson Rusk and William B. Travis.

William Rusk, in his book " Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials ", tells the following story about the raising of Italian sculptor Enrico Causici's marble statue of Washington in 1829.