Secretary Of Defense Under Richard Nixon. Government believed in 1973 that many American fliers remained in enemy hands in Laos and were not returned with other prisoners at the end of the Vietnam War despite Nixons public assurances to the contrary. Born in Boston on 20 July 1920 Richardson graduated from Harvard College in 1941 and from the Harvard Law School in 1947.
September 1 1922 November 16 2016 was an American politician writer and statesman. Secretary Austin and I just returned from Kyiv where we went at the request of President Biden and the invitation of President Zelenskyy. Who was Defense secretary under President Nixon.
Laird was the first member of Congress to occupy the position.
As President he fully intended to control foreign policy and make the major decisions himself. Melvin Laird the defense secretary under Richard Nixon who oversaw the. Defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in. It is one of the longest serving continuously operating offices in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and has been recognized for the excellence of its publications and programs for over a half century.
