Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...distinguished career with his threnody, "Old soldiers never die . . ." Nor was this an Eisenhower, home from his triumphant crusade in Europe to accept the lustrous tributes of the nation's lawmakers. This was a commander whose battle is far from finished, on leave from his post to report on a divisive, hotly debated and unpopular war. He will never be treated as a demigod, as was the charismatic MacArthur, and he is not yet a hero, as was Ike when he returned from Europe in 1945. Yet from the moment when House Doorkeeper William ("Fishbait") Miller swept down...
First at the Table. In the debate that raged last week, the President and Westmoreland had their defenders. Georgia's Senator Richard Russell complained: "You can't please some people. If the President brings the general home to report on the war, that's propaganda in their minds. If he doesn't bring him home, there's a credibility gap." Said Humphrey: "Dissent must be responsible, and we must have the equal right to state our position...
...have the report here. It isn't all good...
With this understatement, made all the more gentle by his rich Mississippi drawl, Senator John Stennis last week extended a bit of senatorial courtesy to Senator Thomas Dodd: he gave him an advance copy of the Stennis Committee's report on Dodd's conduct...
...long investigation has already sapped Dodd physically. As he listened wanly to Stennis make his report on the Senate floor, Dodd looked much older than his 59 years. Later, talking to reporters, he insisted that he would run again and let the people judge him: "My conscience is clear. My conduct is being judged by hindsight...