was being built.
president eisenhower immediately
announced that the airport would
be named dulles airport.
when kennedy took over, he
didn't want to name it after a
crusty old cold warrior.
the was pushed back and finally
the decision was made to name it
after dulles.
you can still see the film clip
of kennedy opening the airport
with eisenhower there and allen
dulles there.
he pulls back a curtain and
behind the curtain is this giant
bust of john foster dulles.
that bust stands in the middle
of this big airport.
i went to see it while i was
writing this book.
i couldn't find it.
i started asking security
guards.
where is nobody had ever even
the big bust of dulles?
nobody had ever even heard of
it.
it was a long process and
finally, thanks to the
washington airport loss
-- the washington
airports authority, i was able
to discover that the bust had
been taken away from its place
in the middle of the airport and
it is now in a closed conference
room opposite baggage claim
number...