Word: lyndon
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Contrast Bush's refusal to state the obvious with the pride Lyndon Johnson expressed when he nominated Thurgood Marshall in 1967: "I believe it is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." By all accounts, Bush understands and appreciates the moral rightness of having a black on the Supreme Court and undoubtedly would have liked to echo Johnson. Had he done so, he would have immeasurably aided the national discussion of race. But politics trumped morality. The President's opposition to quotas, repeated over the years, constrained him from...
McCarthy told The Crimson that he plans to reunite the Democratic party, which he said has been split since Lyndon B. Johnson left office...
...Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 9 p.m. on most stations). Love him or hate him, Lyndon Johnson continues to fascinate biographers. This four-hour PBS documentary provides an evenhanded, engrossing recap of his life, career and contradictions...
...director of Central Intelligence is nominally in charge of all U.S. intelligence-gathering operations, but the Secretary of Defense is de facto boss of defense agency intelligence. He's "the 900-lb. gorilla in intelligence," argues Richard Helms, who was CIA chief under Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. There are calls for the creation of an intelligence czar with unassailable authority. Failing that, critics are insisting that the warring agencies work out clearer terms of cooperation that the next CIA chief can unequivocally enforce...
...When Lyndon Johnson picked Justice Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice in 1968, conservatives like South Carolina's Strom Thurmond demanded that he explain his judicial philosophy; after 10 days on the hot seat, Fortas was ultimately rejected. But during the Bork hearings, Thurmond argued that his colleagues should consider only the judge's competence, temperament and integrity...