Word: fulbrights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Defense. But he plainly insisted: "I am not a supporter of unilateral disarmament."* While many Congressmen have called for reduction of U.S. troop commitments in Europe, none have seriously suggested that NATO or any other U.S. military alliance be dismantled. Less than three months ago, Senator J. William Fulbright accused Defense Secretary Melvin Laird of using a "technique of fear." Fulbright has given aid and comfort to neo-isolationists at various times, but he does not advocate unilateral disarmament or the breakup of U.S. alliances. The dominant new mood in Congress is one of sober questioning, and Nixon...
...toast the artists-many of whom were present along with their subjects. Jazz Pianist Thelonious Monk was on hand to renew his friendship with Artist Boris Chaliapin. His portrait, Monk admitted, pleased him "more now than when I first saw it." HUD Secretary George Romney joined Senators Javits and Fulbright, along with CIA Director Richard Helms, former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, the city's mayor, Walter Washington, and a roster of other notable guests...
...antiwar forces had begun to attack again, was impressed with Nixon's flexibility. Senator Jacob Javits, who the week before had angrily dismissed Nixon's earlier policy as "sterile," called the new statement "a real step on the road to peace." Even Senate Foreign Relations Chairman William Fulbright called it "conciliatory on the whole," though he quickly added that "I would go further." A few unappeasable doves, of course, zeroed in on Nixon's failure to "limit the level of violence" in Viet Nam by unilaterally withdrawing troops. Said Senator George McGovern: "We continue to speak...
...Liberal" and "intellectual" are thought to meld nicely. Among scientists, for example, Liberal J. Robert Oppenheimer met the test, but Conservative Edward Teller did not. If nothing else, Viet Nam has provided a handy screening device. Opposition to the war has clinched the intellectual standing of Senator J. William Fulbright and perhaps even of Dr. Spock. War supporters who have been drummed out of the fraternity include Dean Rusk, John Roche and Eric Hoffer. As a crypto-opponent, Robert S. McNamara is slowly being reinstated, and the admissions committee is eyeing a most impressive candidate: General David M. Shoup...
Packard's Wand. In fact, any confidence Fulbright might have had in the Safeguard system had already been undermined by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard, who turned up to testify armed with a raft of charts and diagrams showing Russia's growing threat as an 1CBM power. When he had finished explaining them with the help of a pointer, Senator Albert Gore asked to borrow his "wand" and produced some homemade charts of his own. The resulting debate on "overkill"-nuclear capability beyond that needed to assure the total destruction of an enemy-turned primarily...