Melvin Laird, defense secretary under Nixon, has died at 94
President Richard Nixon’s first defense secretary, Melvin Laird, who helped engineer the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, has died at 94 years old
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President Richard Nixon’s first defense secretary, Melvin Laird, who helped engineer the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, has died at 94 years old
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