Word: laird
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From Saigon word came that General Creighton Abrams Jr., 56, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam who previously indicated no religious preference, has joined the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, back at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird dedicated a small room in the Aring as a place for meditation and prayer. "In a sense, this ceremony marks the completion of the Pentagon," said Secretary Laird. "Peace is the business of this building...
...Defense Melvin Laird: "Manpower is the most serious problem that we have. We are going to concentrate on people. They're going...
...would veto any Russian attempt to introduce a new resolution stressing only territories. Washington was noncommittal, but did indicate that it is ready to fill an Israeli shopping list that runs to $500 million in military aid over the next two years. The list is so detailed that Laird, only half kidding, has declared: "These guys want stuff I never even heard...
...independence, Washington last week served as a scrupulously impartial host to distinguished visitors from both sides. In visits that barely missed overlapping, Jordan's King Hussein and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan called at the White House and met Secretary of State William Rogers and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. Both visitors stressed their willingness to join the peace talks to be held under the aegis of United Nations Mediator Gunnar Jarring. Each, however, arrived with a shopping list of military items, should the talks fail to get off the ground...
Bruce's statement was consistent with Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's declaration on Tuesday that "there will be no total and complete withdrawal" of U.S. forces from South Vietnam until American prisoners held by the North Vietnamese are released...