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...inadvisable for me to recommend to the convention any member of my Cabinet or any of those who meet regularly with the Cabinet." So saying, Lyndon not only ruled out Bobby Kennedy but also knocked off two other men whose partisans had been making Veep noises-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Peace Corps Boss Sargent Shriver...
...Washington's commitment in Viet Nam since the U.S.'s first big buildup there in 1962 under President Kennedy. And it represents a reversal of policy for the U.S. Government. Only ten months ago, shortly before the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was talking of bringing most American training troops home from Viet Nam by the end of 1965. Now there is no more talk of being out by 1965-or any other year in the foreseeable future. Of McNamara's statement, one Administration colleague confessed last week: "We hope...
Kennedy or McNamara...
...present his competition comes from Secretary McNamara because his appeal to business will help Johnson ensnare dissident Republicans and from Bobby Kennedy because his Catholicism will counter that of Congressman Miller. (Sargent Shriver appears to be a casualty of the war on poverty...
Politically, however, both men cannot match Humphrey. It seems silly that now a Catholic qua Catholic must adorn a national ticket. Besides, Kennedy's electoral strength only duplicates Johnson's and Bobby would hurt him elsewhere. McNamara, never having held an elected office, has demonstrated no political ability, and his analytical mind and relance on expertise seem suited to a purely administrative role rather than a more political one in which success is measured by the ability to conciliate and compromise...