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Mr President the Stennis Committee is up in arms over
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Path to War

I think I can take the heat without padding my resume with more bombing missions

Walt Rostow:

Mr. President, the Stennis committee is up in arms over our holding back on these bombing targets! Bob's testimony is coming up, and it'll take some heat off him if some of these could be cleared up before his appearance. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
I think I can take the heat without padding my resume with more bombing missions

Full Transcript

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Mr President the Stennis Committee is up in arms over
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our holding back on these targets
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Bob's testimony is coming up and it might take some heat off him
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if some of these can be cleared up before his appearance
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I can take the heat without padding my resume
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with more bombing missions
Duration
16 seconds
Views
211
Timestamp in Movie
02:05:06
Uploaded
Dec 05, 2022
Genres
Production
Avenue Pictures,Edgar J. Scherick Associates,HBO,HBO Films

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Movie Summary

In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

Actors

Gerry Becker
Walt Rostow
Alec Baldwin
Robert Mcnamara