At 09:14 AM 1/18/02 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
>He got stuck with Vietnam. IIRC (and if I don't, I'm sure that Gautam
>will correct me), we got into Vietnam on *Eisenhower's* watch. The
>people advising him on it wanted us to stay in Vietnam. He was boned on
>that one from Day 1.
Yes, but he significantly escalated our involvement there.
JDG
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