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【The Cabinet would have to change. His brother wanted to bow out as Attorney General; he had already begun to speak of his Justice Department years in the past tense. The second most powerful man in the government couldn't retire in his thirties. But where would he be most useful? Then there was Dillon, who wanted to leave the Treasury and return to his banking firm. And there was also the matter of Rusk. Aware that the President intended to be his own foreign minister, Rusk had leaned on him increasingly in other ways. After the second inaugural, the Cabinet would almost certainly be headed by Secretary of State Robert S. McNamara. Who would then lead the military establishment? Secretary of Defense Robert F. Kennedy? Probably not;】

what does "Aware that the President intended to be his own foreign minister, Rusk had leaned on him increasingly in other ways."mean?

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【The Cabinet would have to change. His brother wanted to bow out as Attorney General; he had already begun to speak of his Justice Department years in the past tense. The second most powerful man in the government couldn't retire in his thirties. But where would he be most useful? Then there was Dillon, who wanted to leave the Treasury and return to his banking firm. And there was also the matter of Rusk. Aware that the President intended to be his own foreign minister, Rusk had leaned on him increasingly in other ways. After the second inaugural, the Cabinet would almost certainly be headed by Secretary of State Robert S. McNamara. Who would then lead the military establishment? Secretary of Defense Robert F. Kennedy? Probably not;】

what does "Aware that the President intended to be his own foreign minister, Rusk had leaned on him increasingly in other ways."mean?

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It means that Rusk started to depend on the President more and more on matters of foreign affairs.

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Rusk could not give him direct advise in his office as Secretary of State, since Kennedy had decided to do the job himself.
Rusk had to affect Kennedy's policies in other ways.  Talking with other people that had influence, perhaps, and letting it get back to Kennedy.  His affect would be indirect, not direct.

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