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Defense Department Leadership and Vietnam

Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara

Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara

Washington, DC
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Robert McNamara served as Defense Secretary from 1961 to 1968 under President Kennedy and President Johnson. This is a discussion of his leadership during the Vietnam War.  Panelists include former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, and Edward Drea, the author of "McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965 to 1969."

Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012 at 10:32am (ET)

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Washington Journal (late 2012)