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Sylvester resigns as Pentagon spokesman over lie remark
Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester steps down after years of public friction with reporters. President Johnson accepts the resignation and names Phil Goulding as his successor, effective February. Sylvester, once a Newark News correspondent, sparked the famous right to lie quote amid Cuba crisis debates.
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