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LIBERALS are quick to point, and with good reason, to Nixon's and his friends' misuse of language: to the "inoperative" statements, the "counter-insurgency actions" that are actually bombings, and the "intelligence programs" that are actually programs of mass murder. (My own favorite instance was Jerry Friedheim's admission last January that there might have been some damage to "the hospital the enemy calls Bach Mai.") But not enough attention has been paid to the language liberals have used to discuss...
Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said the group, hended by one of Laird's top civilian assistants and accompanied by five generals, will consider both Saigon's military needs and what additional measures may be needed to protect the remaining U.S. troops...
...smoke rose from a background briefing that Pentagon Spokesman Jerry Friedheim conducted in Tokyo. In response to a question put to him by an American reporter after the briefing, Friedheim speculated that one place Japan might want to increase its microscopic defense budget (which currently accounts for less than 1 % of its gross national product of close to $200 billion) "could be in the area of ships." Friedheim also spoke of "a greater nuclear threat by the Chinese toward Asia." The spokesman's comments were innocent enough, but when they hit print, they were surrounded with speculation that Tokyo...
...have today, at the request of the Justice Department," Friedheim said, "taken actions to reduce the response time of a certain number of federal troops...
According to the UPI, the Pentagon indicated yesterday that Federal troops have been alerted for possible duty during the march. Jerry W. Friedheim, a Defense Department spokesman better known for his Vietnam War briefings, declined to comment on how many troops were involved or where they would be located...