Raskin became the vice president for the Liberal Project, a group of House liberals, organized by Kastenmeier and Roosevelt into a liberal leadership group; then in 1961, he became McGeorge Bundy's assistant on national security affairs and disarmament as a member of the Special Staff of the National Security Council.
Raskin soon became the secretary for the Liberal Project, a group of House liberals, organized by Kastenmeier and Roosevelt into a liberal leadership group. 
