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...Service Among the Select In "An Absence in Alabama" [Feb. 16], you discussed whether Bush skipped a year of service with the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. Let's assume he is able to demonstrate convincingly that he did attend his required training sessions in Alabama. How does this change that Bush was given special treatment and allowed to join a National Guard unit that was practically guaranteed not to go into combat? Is serving in such a unit the same as honorably serving today in a National Guard unit that is likely to see combat...
...Vets Against the War Our story on candidate John Kerry noted that he was a leader of the anti-Vietnam War movement [UNITED STATES, Feb. 9] and reported how some veterans threw their ribbons and medals at the Capitol. We described that incident, which took place almost 33 years ago, at the end of a week of demonstrations against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam...
...reviled figures in the last century of American politics. His tenure as Secretary of Defense led him to make some of the crucial decisions in the major crises of the twentieth century. This documentary shows the making of war through his eyes, from the Cuban Missile Crisis through the Vietnam War. The documentary, directed by genre master Errol Morris (Fast, Cheap and Out of Control) utilizes frank White House tapes, startlingly surreal images, and an extraordinary Philip Glass score to engross an audience that may otherwise have little interest in the subject matter. Morris never compromises his vision of McNamara...
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was a lightning rod for student anti-war sentiment while serving under President Johnson during the Vietnam War, but last night, an overflow crowd at the Kennedy School of Government received him with courteous applause...
...Kennedy Jr. Forum came just days after The Fog of War, a documentary about his life, won this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. His presentation began with his responses to six short clips from the film, on topics ranging from the Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam to weapons of mass destruction...