Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Richard Russell: "I am afraid this position may be difficult to defend. I hope we will be able to reinforce our troops there sufficiently." Even South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu is said by associates to believe that the Americans should evacuate Khe Sanh rather than risk a defeat that could curdle U.S. opinion about...
...Congress for a formal declaration of war and thereby make it easier to rein in the supercharged economy with wage and price controls, silence critics and mobilize troops. But the State Department adheres to the objections it listed in 1965 to such a declaration-chiefly, that it would risk "enlarging the scope of the conflict" and lead to "expanded involvement" by Hanoi's Communist allies. As for the legality of fighting a major conflict without a formal declaration of war, the U.S. has done so in six of its eleven major wars...
...formation of Rockefeller-for-President groups in each state, and organizational work was beginning. These units may soon be meshed into a national organization. It is still questionable whether a draft can be induced in this manner for Rockefeller. Moreover, by boycotting the primaries he will run the risk of seeming too afraid or too arrogant to fight for the prize...
...surprising amount of the new critical spirit looks toward the U.S. as the best instrument and prod for government reform (see box). Only a month or so ago, a South Vietnamese who publicly suggested U.S. interference in the government ran the risk of being charged with "licking the American boots." Now the crisis has convinced many Saigon politicians of the need for more, rather than less, U.S. direction and firmness in guiding the government to reform and action...
...ought to admit that it is not prepared to emerge publicly, or, even better, take a stand that all can accept or reject. A legal stance would be best tactically; if the legality of being affiliated with the Union is in question, most students probably will not take the risk...