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...senior History thesis on the foreign policies of former Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy ’40, and Lyndon B. Johnson, Yoo’s current views on the centralization of power in the White House may be seen in his re-reading of the presidents’ foreign policy toward Europe and their relations with Congress...
...turned his attention last to Johnson, who he wrote had the least experience in foreign affairs and thus depended upon others for counsel...
...great swashbuckling politician with 30 years of congressional experience, Johnson had proved a powerful manipulator of men and institutions,” Yoo wrote. “[But] as he entered the presidency, Johnson was conscious of his ignorance, and decided to rely on Kennedy’s advisers to help carry the load...
...Atlanticists kicked off a major official effort to bring the MLF into being,” Yoo wrote. “Cables went out to European capitals proclaiming that Johnson had made the MLF the heart of his NATO policy...
...when it became clear that Congress opposed the MLF program, Johnson simply let it drop. Unlike Eisenhower, Yoo claimed, Johnson was not an internationalist at heart...