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Following his inauguration, President Kennedy sent Reggie on a 1961 [[State Department]] cultural exchange to the [[Middle East]],<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/279-6/20/1961.html Reggie Called JFK Emissary]</ref> where in Lebanon he was given a hero's welcome in his parents' hometown of Ihden.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1196-In-Lebanon-Carrying-Daddy.html Photo of Reggie on shoulders of Lebanese crowd]</ref> Reggie continued to serve the president as liaison with then Louisiana Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] from 1961 until the [[Kennedy Assassination]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Schleifstein|title=Reggie a player in politics|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 25, 1989|page=A-1}}</ref>
Following his inauguration, President Kennedy sent Reggie on a 1961 [[State Department]] cultural exchange to the [[Middle East]],<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/279-6/20/1961.html Reggie Called JFK Emissary]</ref> where in Lebanon he was given a hero's welcome in his parents' hometown of Ihden.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1196-In-Lebanon-Carrying-Daddy.html Photo of Reggie on shoulders of Lebanese crowd]</ref> Reggie continued to serve the president as liaison with then Louisiana Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] from 1961 until the [[Kennedy Assassination]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Schleifstein|title=Reggie a player in politics|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 25, 1989|page=A-1}}</ref>
In 1963, Reggie introduced the young political consultant [[Gus Weill]] of Lafayette to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]], who retained Weill to manage McKeithen's gubernatorial campaign. Weill previously managed the Davis campaign and later wrote a biography of his mentor entitled ''Your Are My Sunshine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227Default.aspx|title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=www.sos.la.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref> also the title of Davis' most memorable song.
In 1963, Reggie introduced the young political consultant [[Gus Weill]] of Lafayette to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]], who retained Weill to manage McKeithen's gubernatorial campaign. Weill previously managed the Davis campaign and later wrote a biography of his mentor entitled ''Your Are My Sunshine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227Default.aspx|title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 21, 2012; no longer on-line.}}</ref> also the title of Davis' most memorable song.
In 1968, Judge Reggie spearheaded the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] presidential primary campaign in Louisiana. Reggie invited Kennedy to speak at the 1968 International Rice Festival in October of that year, just as Kennedy's brother, John, had done nine years earlier. As history unfolded, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, four months prior to his planned appearance at the rice festival.
In 1968, Judge Reggie spearheaded the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] presidential primary campaign in Louisiana. Reggie invited Kennedy to speak at the 1968 International Rice Festival in October of that year, just as Kennedy's brother, John, had done nine years earlier. As history unfolded, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, four months prior to his planned appearance at the rice festival.