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...Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush's National Security Adviser [April 5], we said Brent Scowcroft was the only person to serve as National Security Adviser under two Presidents. McGeorge Bundy and Henry Kissinger also served as National Security Adviser for two Presidents: Bundy under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and Kissinger under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
...surprise that George W. Bush rejected the Vietnam analogy when he spoke to the nation Tuesday night. Did that reporter really think Bush would liken the situation in Iraq to America's great quagmire? But it was a surprise that Bush sounded so much like that other wartime Texan, Lyndon Johnson. His jab that the mere mention of the Vietnam analogy was demoralizing to troops and comforting to enemies seemed, ironically, to be a reminder of the 60s when protestors, not without cause, were chided the same way. With his literally limitless commitment to government power in Iraq Bush sounded...
...bats," which would then "retire to attics ... and start fires." Wacky plans aside, the group, using CIA operatives and U.S. mobsters, tried to kill Castro in what was known as Operation Mongoose. Califano confesses to taking no pride in this mission. But he does conclude, without explanation, that Lyndon Johnson was right when he said, "Kennedy tried to kill Castro, but Castro got Kennedy first...
...President Lyndon Johnson signed legislation that authorized an insurance program for senior citizens, Medicare, and a state-run program for the poor, Medicaid. The law was intended to be a step on the road towards providing health insurance to every American. Since 1965, America has failed to make health insurance universal. While every other industrialized nation in the world has extended health insurance to all of its citizens, America, the wealthiest nation on earth, has fallen short. More than 43 million Americans were uninsured last year, an increase of 2.4 million from the year before...
...single payer system—a Medicare-style program that covers every American—would prevent redundant bureaucracy, enable effective cost control and ensure that no American is denied needed healthcare thanks to the greed of a private insurer. It is time to complete the work that Lyndon Johnson began in 1965; it is time to provide health insurance for everyone...