Word: pentagons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Washington, 14 hours behind Korean time, the news arrived before midnight. The reports were distributed simultaneously to the State Department's seventh-floor Operations Center, the Pentagon's basement National Military Command Center and the Situation Room in the basement of the White House. Duty officers immediately began calling second-echelon officials at their homes; Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara was not alerted until 12:23 a.m. By 12:45, White House Aide Walt Rostow was convinced that the situation was serious and drove to the White House, arriving there at 1:15. Shortly after...
About eight hours after Pueblo was towed into Wonsan, the Pentagon released word of her capture. In Yokosuka, the pregnant wife of Pueblo's executive officer, Lieut. Edward R. Murphy, heard about it from a neighbor, who heard it from her radio. As for the wounded crewmen, the Pentagon could not say which of Pueblo's complement of six officers, 75 enlisted men and two civilian hydrographers had been injured...
...which can "read" signals bouncing from the troposphere) are mounted on the foremast to analyze those signals and to eavesdrop on radio communications. The ship is equipped to test salinity levels, temperatures and algae growth in various parts of the Sea of Japan-all valuable information for sonar operators. Pentagon photos of Pueblo taken after the ship's renovation in Bremerton, Wash., show advanced low-frequency antennas that would permit the ship to communicate with U.S. nuclear subs to a depth of about 100 feet...
Clifford, 61, set the tone that is likely to dominate his Pentagon reign by taking a tough stand on Viet Nam. Unlike McNamara, who has questioned the military value of bombing North Viet Nam, he supported the aerial campaign and strongly opposed any pause "under present circumstances." For the air raids to stop, said Clifford, paraphrasing President Johnson's San Antonio declaration last Sept. 29, North Viet Nam must "agree to start negotiations promptly and not take advantage of the pause...
Clifford treads the corridors of power with sure feet, exuding cool aplomb and "command presence." He helped draft the 1947 and 1949 laws that unified the armed forces and has maintained a close liaison with both the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright admits that his close personal friend "certainly has great qualifications...