Nixon Defense Secretary Melvin Laird Dead At 94

Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird points to a chart showing the administration?s Vietnamization record during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1972 in Washington. During the news conference Laird conceded tha... Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird points to a chart showing the administration?s Vietnamization record during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1972 in Washington. During the news conference Laird conceded that American bombs may struck the French diplomatic mission in Hanoi, but said U.S. air state will continue over North Vietnam. (AP Photo/ Harvey Georges) MORE LESS
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MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Melvin Laird, Defense Secretary under Richard Nixon who helped engineer withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, has died.

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