Word: mcnamara
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...While this definition is certainly vague and does not account for all conceivable forms of Dow protest, the Deans are to be congratulated for clarifying which forms of demonstrations are in violation of University regulations. The absence of such rules was among the worst aspects of the Dow and McNamara incidents...
...Transmission of Advice: The National Security Council directs its executive secretary to transmit this memorandum of advice to the director of the Selective Service System, with the concurrence of each of the undersigned. February 15, 1968.--Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, Daniel Price; Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler; Director of the U.S. Information Agency, Leonard Marks...
Chilling Parallels. "This emphatically is not 'Westmoreland's War,' " observes TIME Washington Bureau Chief John Steele. "In years past, it has been quite properly referred to as 'McNamara's War,' and currently it can be referred to as 'Johnson's War.' From no source is there real criticism yet of Westy's military activities. This will come should Khe Sanh, by some horrible fate, fall...
...were injured during Pueblo's seizure.* As U.S. officials see it, Pyongyang may keep the U.S. dangling for a while, then demand an admission that Pueblo had violated its territorial waers, and an apology. Appearing on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara conceded that although Pueblo was under strict orders to remain outside the twelve-mile limit, there was no way for Washington to be completely certain the order was followed during an eight-day period of radio silence maintained by the stubby vessel. Said Rusk: "We cannot be 1000% sure, until...
...House, Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D-S.C.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and F. Edward Hebert (D-La.), the committee's senior Democratic member, were opposed from the start and held fast. It is common knowledge in Washington that both men bitterly dislike Defense Secretary McNamara and were loath to support any reform so close to his heart. Despite their opposition, the House bill was only slightly more restrictive than the Senate's, providing for Presidential institution of a lottery only after a 60-day notice period during which Congress could act to veto...