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    Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin...
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  • Kissinger and the CIA without the authorization of then Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, who had categorically denied to Congress that a program for modification...
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  • Melvin Robert Laird Sr. (August 7, 1878 – March 19, 1946) was an American businessman, Presbyterian minister, and Republican politician from Wood County...
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  • leadership in Congress. They picked Gerald Ford over their other option, Melvin Laird (Wisconsin), to oust the presiding House Minority Leader, Charles Halleck...
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    advice from Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Agnew stated that if the sanctuaries were a threat, they should be attacked...
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    House Republican Conference In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 Leader Charles A. Halleck Preceded by Charles B. Hoeven Succeeded by Melvin Laird...
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    Field artillery Stanley Rogers Resor Robert Froehlke Clark Clifford Melvin Laird – Palmer, BruceGeneral Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000) Acting 1 July 1972...
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    McNamara Clark Clifford Melvin Laird Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon 60 John Chafee 31 January 1969 4 May 1972 1189 Melvin Laird Richard Nixon 61 John Warner...
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  • board of directors, many well-known ex-government personnel including Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense in the Nixon administration; William Perry, Secretary...
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    July 1970 5 years, 364 days U.S. Army Robert McNamara Clark Clifford Melvin Laird Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon 7 Moorer, ThomasAdmiral Thomas H. Moorer...
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