Word: melvin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird told the House Armed Services Committee last April. "We believe no congressional action is needed to protect ROTC...
PRESIDENT NIXON'S demand last week for congressional action on his draft-revision bill was adapted from a scenario inspired by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. More than anyone else in the Administration, Laird worries about the possible consequences of the autumnal unrest planned by student anti-Pentagon groups. With the opening of school approaching, Laird recently counseled the President to apply pressure for passage of the draft-revision bill submitted to Congress last May. It may be too late to get action this year, but Laird figures that at least students will know that the Administration wanted...
Most of the Pentagon critics agreed that their defeat was caused by their own lack of organization and by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's self-imposed cutback of $4.1 billion. Further, Laird promised more appropriations reductions over the next three years by cutting military personnel from 3.5 to 2.6 million men. Currently the military's payroll is $41 billion annually...
...most pressing issues on the agenda at the White House was a second reduction of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam. On this point, Nixon had more than Communist intransigence to consider. Although Defense Secretary Melvin Laird last month was prepared to recommend another withdrawal, Nixon deferred the announcement after Communist military activity accelerated. It later became clear that there was another reason: growing opposition to further cutbacks from the service chiefs. There is increasing skepticism among the generals that the Army of South Viet Nam (ARVN) is really prepared to take over the fighting from the U.S. Further, some...
Communist High Points. Only two weeks ago the President was planning to authorize a pullout of at least 35,000 troops to follow the 25,000 now on their way home. When he changed his mind at the last moment, he caught both Rogers and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird by surprise. His reasons for deferring the decision: the renewed enemy attacks, including the rocketing of the U.S. hospital at Cam Ranh Bay, and allied intelligence warnings that Communist forces were readying a new "high point" for Sept. 2, the 24th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's proclamation of Vietnamese...