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...power-jealous Washington, it was inevitable that an official as dynamic, aggressive and determined as Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara would eventually face full-scale congressional scrutiny. Last week South Carolina's L. Mendel Rivers, a McNamara critic who became chairman of the House Armed Services Committee a year ago, announced that he will soon launch not one but four parallel investigations of McNamara's policies...
...McNamara has had his jousts with congressional committees before. But never have so many lances been pointed at him at once, and never by such aroused antagonists. Separate subcommittees will investigate 1) McNamara's decision to defer construction projects that he had requested earlier; 2) his plan to phase out two-thirds of the present heavy-bomber force by 1971; 3) all McNamara's research and development projects, present and pending; and 4) his policy of closing or reducing military installations that he regards as surplus. All this will be in addition to the normal annual series...
From General Westmoreland to Secretary McNamara: "Many thanks for your congratulations. I consider the TIME selection as an award to every soldier, sailor, airman and marine serving in Viet Nam. As their senior representative and on behalf of all the armed forces personnel in the command, I am deeply honored by the distinction given us by TIME...
From Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to General William Childs Westmoreland, commander of all U.S. forces in South Viet Nam: "Sincere congratulations on your selection as TIME'S Man of the Year. This is an outstanding recognition which all of us here feel is most richly deserved. It honors all who serve with you in Viet...
...aptly enough, on Veterans Day last fall that the idea of linking another, longer bombing pause with a peace offensive first blossomed. Gathered at the L.B.J. ranch for a working holiday with the President were Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy and Bill Moyers. The four enthusiastically recommended it to Johnson, but the President feared that so dramatic and massive a campaign might be mistaken for a public relations ploy or, worse, an indication of U.S. lack of resolve in the war. But Johnson was willing to consider it further. "All right," he said, "I want you to start looking...