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...time when the United States possesses over 30,000 nuclear warheads and the Soviet Union 20,000, the concept of "nuclear superiority" in a military sense is meaningless. When Robert S. McNamara was Secretary of Defense in 1968, he suggested that an adequate deterrent would be 400 nuclear warheads capable of surviving a surprise attack. As late as 1977, Jimmy Carter recommended 200 warheads as a sufficient deterrent...
...became friendly with Joseph Califano, then counsel to the Army and a rising power in Washington. First as a result of Califano's influence, and then on his own, Haig rose to a variety of important jobs; at one point he prepared briefings that Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara presented to the President and the National Security Council. Once the major U.S. involvement in Viet Nam began, Haig decided to heed the old maxim that no Army officer can rise to the top without experience in combat command, which he lacked despite some brief battle experience in Korea...
Retiring World Bank President Robert McNamara and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in their valedictories last year both decried that trend as "disgraceful." And so it may be. Foreign aid is not a "giveaway" but an indispensable tool of U.S. policy. But the public attitude is also understandable, given the galling hypocrisy of Third World leaders who ritualistically excoriate the U.S. even as they accept American handouts. Inevitably, perhaps, the U.S. is widely identified with the prosperous and often profligate elites of poor countries...
DIED. Margaret McNamara, 65, wife of World Bank President and former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, founder of Reading Is Fundamental, which since 1966 has provided more than 3 million poor children with 37 million books; of cancer; in Washington...
...When McNamara announced that he would be stepping down after his 65th birthday next June 9, Carter briefly considered former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young for the post. But when he tested the idea privately, Democratic advisers and businessmen vetoed the nomination as too controversial. Administration officials had also begun drawing up a list of suitable candidates. Clausen was on the list of ten names presented to Carter because he had both an international-finance background and an interest in the problems of the developing world. Some other names on the list were said to be Paul Volcker, chairman...