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DERELICTION OF DUTY: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnam. By H. R. McMaster . HarperCollins: 352 pp., $27.50
May 11, 1997
World & Nation
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly last week to make some badly needed reforms in the powers and responsibilities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Nov. 25, 1985
Politics
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff lashed out Monday at “amateurs” and former defense officials who have criticized the Bush Administration’s Persian Gulf policy or suggested that he is keeping deep-seated reservations about it in the Pentagon from reaching the President’s ears.
Dec. 4, 1990
About once every 40 years, the U.S. public is titillated by the spectacle of a military chief being fired by his civilian superiors.
Sept. 23, 1990
President Reagan’s appointment of a Commission on Defense Management was greeted last July with understandable skepticism.
March 5, 1986
A South Korean ballistic missile malfunctioned and fell on land during a drill with the U.S., sparking panic among residents in the city of Gangneung.
Oct. 4, 2022
An 18-month study of the Defense Department recommended Monday some of the greatest shifts in nearly three decades in the Pentagon’s senior civilian and military operations to make “substantial improvements” in the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. armed forces.
Feb. 26, 1985
Top of the Ticket
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Feb. 28, 2009
Raymond T. Odierno, the retired general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq and later served as Army chief of staff, dies at 67.
Oct. 9, 2021
North Korea added to its barrage of demonstrations by launching four ballistic missiles into the sea, as the U.S. sent two bombers over South Korea.
Nov. 5, 2022