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...William Fulbright...
...know of any legal authority for the President to take this action: not even as Commander-in-Chief does he have the right to engage in undeclared war in a neutral country," Fulbright said...
...George D. Alken (R. Vt.), a supporter of Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy, echoed Fulbright's criticisms. "Apparently Cambodia is regarded not as a foreign country but as a no man's land-free for all." he said...
...William Fulbright (D-Ark.) called the American involvement "a great mistake," and Michael Mansfield (D-Mont.), Senate Majority Leader, termed it "the first step in the wrong direction...
...Administration's favor, but it was highly dangerous. "We knew then that we were in trouble," one strategist recalls. The White House men scanned the Democrats who had voted for recommittal, hoping that they might be able to swing one of three Southerners: Arkansas' William Fulbright, Virginia's William Spong, Tennessee's Albert Gore. Further soundings made that unlikely, and the doubts proved well founded...