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Old 02-05-2003, 06:58 PM  
wonton
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Originally posted by BigFish


>>The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years.

Robert McNamara was president? Cool, thanks for the history lesson.

If you read the book you will see that McNamara signed off on the plan but Kennedy later rejected it.
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