Word: indochina
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With the ink of the Pentagon papers barely dry, figuratively speaking, our military mythmakers are back to the brainwashing techniques with which they manipulated American hearts and minds during our interminable Indochina involvement...
...power of the purse. He was claiming a vast protection of Executive privilege against disclosure of information on his Administration's decisions, hobbling the ability of Congress to see that laws were being properly enforced and programs carried out. And despite deepening doubts about Nixon's Indochina war policies, Congress was making little effective effort to exert its power to start or stop wars...
...level attention from the U.S. It will be Ford's first trip there as President, and he regards his European debut as a crucially important opportunity to reassure Western leaders that they can count on the U.S. to come to Europe's defense, despite U.S. losses in Indochina. Moreover, foreign leaders will be closely sizing up Ford as a man to see if this unelected President conveys an impression of strength, wisdom, reliability and leadership...
...speech at a Bicentennial celebration in Charlotte, N.C. But when members of the North Carolina congressional delegation praised the rescue, the keyed-up crowd of more than 50,000 cheered and whistled. Ford was also buoyed by the growing belief among liberals in Congress that in the aftermath of Indochina's collapse, they must strengthen Ford's hand by supporting his foreign policy...
...inevitable. It ordered the evacuation of nearly all Americans from the tiny landlocked kingdom, ending two decades of intense-and at times dominant-U.S. involvement in Laotian affairs. The order also removed the last significant elements of Washington's once enormous military, diplomatic and economic influence in Indochina...