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Jun 9, 2024 · Original caption: Melvin Laird and the Foundation of the Post-Vietnam Military, 1969-1973; Dr. Richard Hunt (right), author, shakes the hand of the Honorable John Warner, former United States Senator (Virginia), with Dr. Jeremi Suri (left), Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
1 day ago · In truth, Nixon’s larger policy goals complicated the process of de-Americanizing the war, soon dubbed “Vietnamization” by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. In shifting more of the war’s burden to the South Vietnamese, the president was quietly redefining success.
Jun 24, 2024 · The Reagan Administration championed the construction of a 600-Ship Navy with fifteen aircraft carrier battlegroups as central to its defense buildup, but Lehman recognized that the fleet was only viable if he implemented reforms to limit rising weapons costs.
Jun 29, 2024 · Secretary Melvin Laird advised Williams that the strategic interests of the US were to implement “defense-in-depth” in the western Pacific; carry out treaty commitments; defend lines of communication through the central Pacific; and maintain “a credible nuclear and conventional deterrent to armed aggression” against the US, its allies ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Bill Kraus, a longtime Republican strategist who was respected by political foes and allies alike for using his intelligence, common sense and grace to orchestrate compromise solutions in state government, died Friday in Madison. He was 92.
3 days ago · Feeling that Nixon was getting overly dovish advice from Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Agnew stated that if the sanctuaries were a threat, they should be attacked and neutralized. Nixon chose to attack the Viet Cong positions in Cambodia, a decision that had Agnew's support, and that he remained ...
4 days ago · The 91st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
