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...were his hyperbolic promises persuasive for very long. In his first State of the Union address, he promised "all-out war on poverty," plus "more homes and more schools and more libraries and more hospitals." The clincher: "All this and more can be done without any increase in spending. It can be done by this summer." Last week Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told Congress that another $1 billion was needed to feed the millions of people still so poor that they are literally going hungry...
...aftermath of the reprisal raid on Beirut airport by Israeli commandos, the Middle East last week seemed closer to war than at any time since all-out hostilities formally ceased 19 months ago. Jordan mobilized 17-year-olds, and King Hussein urgently called for an Arab summit conference. Diplomats of the U.S., Russia, Britain and France met in three capitals to discuss the crisis. In Washington, officials judged the Middle East the one place right now where a confrontation with the Russians could occur, and a White House aide reported that the turbulent region is uppermost in President Johnson...
...became an all-out advocate. In the privacy of Lyndon Johnson's bedroom, at policymaking luncheons on Tuesdays, in the upstairs dining room of the White House and at meetings of the Cabinet, Clifford pressed his view relentlessly, singlemindedly-and often singlehanded. He was opposed by such experienced, committed experts as Secretary of State Dean Rusk, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Adviser Walt Rostow. He also had to face down the President's enigmatic silences. At stake, he believed, was the survival...
Nixon also left one important and familiar question begging: When the stockpiles of both powers already ensure a massive overkill, why should the U.S. add to its thermonuclear hoard in or der to convince any potential enemy that all-out warfare would signify immediate devastation? Nixon's view is that keeping ahead of the Soviets in a nuclear race would ensure peace by demonstrating that the U.S. had not turned soft...
...debate on the new threat to West Germany's security, Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger expressed his people's anxiety in careful, guarded terms. "The events in Czechoslovakia compel us to exercise a high degree of vigilance," he said. "While the nuclear balance has diminished the threat of an all-out nu clear war, it also made a conventional attack by a potential enemy no longer seem impossible...