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Why James Forrestal opposed creating the Secretary of Defense

August 4, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I would like to emphasize, as far as my opinion is concerned, and I offer it in all humility, that there are no easy solutions […]

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The Pentagon’s first comptroller was against merging the armed forces

July 15, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In 1972, Jerry Hess interviews Wilfred McNeil, the Department of Defense’s Comptroller for the first five Secretaries of Defense: HESS: What were your views on […]

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