Word: laird
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, Secretary of Defense Laird said U. S. air power may not be bound by Nixon's 21 mile limit of penetration into Cambodia...
...However, Laird answered "no" when asked if U. S. troops are slated to enter any other country in the area. He also said that the U. S. probably would not take part in further allied sorties into Cambodia...
When asked if he would recommend the use of U. S. planes against Communist sanctuaries after the withdrawal of American troops from Cambodia, Laird said, "I would recommend U. S. air power for the sanctuaries if needed...
...through the week reports surfaced that communications within the Administration are only somewhat better than Nixon's relations with the young. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird admitted to reporters that he had not even been aware that the U.S. had made four, not three air strikes over North Viet Nam. The raids were styled "reinforced protective reaction" ?a phrase which itself represents a style of noncommunication...
...Pentagon tried to paper over that lapse, it also had to contend with stories that Laird, like Secretary of State William Rogers, had opposed the Cambodia decision. Laird denied it as vigorously as he could, and his denial was technically accurate. In fact, Laird had serious reservations about the move. Rather than disagree directly, he stressed arguments about the negative political repercussions that would follow. All along Laird has been particularly sensitive to the opposition's mood?more so, it seems, than has the President...