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...expectations were electric, and in some respects, the duel between the Secretary and Committee, Chairman William Fulbright was dramatic enough. But the outcome was a curiously flat standoff...
...Nothing troubled the Fulbright faction more than the prospect that the Administration might order a major increase in U.S. troop strength in Viet Nam without any consultations with Congress. "Do I understand you to be saying," Fulbright asked, "that you have no intention to consult with this committee and Congress, that you are going to do as you please?" Rusk said that the Administration would con sult with "appropriate" members of Congress about any important decisions concerning...
...Said Fulbright: "The war is described as an exemplary war, a war which will prove to the Communists once and for all that so-called 'wars of national liberation' cannot succeed. In fact, we are not proving that. What are we proving except that, even with an army of half a million men and expenditures approaching $30 billion a year, we cannot win a civil war for a regime which is incapable of inspiring the patriotism of its own people...
Although Gore considers public pressure on the President important, he shares Sen. J. W. Fulbright's desire to make foreign affairs a matter of "teamwork" with the Executive. Occasionally Fulbright indicates that he might be happy just to have the President ask his committee's advice, but Gore thinks the goal should be approval or disapproval of basic policy...
...Johnson Administration, of course, is unwilling even to consult dovish Senators before it makes decisions on the war. Last week Fulbright had to threaten a delay of the foreign aid authorization to compel Secretary of State Dean Rusk to testify, but Gore would rather not use that sort of pressure. He is confident that the complexity of world problems and the force of public opinion will lead future Administrations to seek the Senate's advice, if only to share the blame for their policies...