Word: leader
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sick and tired of having that little kid who couldn't think his way put of a paper bag held up as a leader. President Nixon is now busy cleaning up the war left by the Democrats, as President Eisenhower, early in his first term, was busy cleaning up a war left by the Democrats...
...Senator William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he believed that Nixon "is trying to wind down the war in Viet Nam" and predicted that the speech will demonstrate "his determination to liquidate" it. Fulbright postponed new hearings on the war until after the speech. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said he had moved in the direction of a ceasefire, and urged public support of the President's efforts...
Republican Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee said he thought that "we might have American troops out of combat within a year." Vermont's Senator George Aiken made a similar prediction. Those views were given added weight by House Republican Leader Gerald Ford's estimate that half of all U.S. troops will be out of Viet Nam by mid-1970. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott contended that the U.S. is approaching a de facto ceasefire. He urged that the U.S. go a step farther and declare that "on a certain date we will stop firing...
...have overlooked the fact that Massachusetts Republican Edward Brooke and 42 other Senators were already promoting a resolution in favor of a bilateral recess in MIRV testing pending the start of Soviet-American arms control talks. The measure had seemed to be stuck until Agnew spoke out. Now Majority Leader Mike Mansfield wants the Foreign Relations Committee to begin hearings on it as soon as possible-a move that would discomfort the Administration...
...leader admitted later that it had been taken from Johnson's office...