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Melvin Laird’s career mirrors wartime to White House role
The profile traces Melvin R. Laird from Marshfield Wisconsin youth who rented floor space for a high school tournament to his rise as Wisconsin state senator congressman and 1969 secretary of defense. It notes his clash with Senator Fulbright over arms accords and funding, Nixon’s backing, his political craft and long hours at the Pentagon.
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Washington
UPI
Marshfield
Wis
Madison
Melvin R. Laird
Robert F. Froehlke
Laird’s School
Laird
Wisconsin
U.S. Congress
Defense
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Fulbright
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Soviet Union
White House
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Capitol Hill
Robert S. McNamara
House of Representatives
Defense Department