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Question: Who was the best post-WW2 Defense Secretary?
#1
James Forrestal (1947-49)		  
#2
Louis Johnson (1949-50)		  
#3
George C. Marshall (1950-51)		  
#4
Robert Lovett (1951-53)		  
#5
Charles Wilson (1953-57)		  
#6
Neil McElroy (1957-59)		  
#7
Thomas Gates (1959-61)		  
#8
Robert McNamara (1961-68)		  
#9
Clark Clifford (1968-69)		  
#10
Melvin Laird (1969-73)		  
#11
Eliot Richardson (Jan-May, 1973)		  
#12
James Schlesinger (July, 1973-75)		  
#13
Donald Rumsfeld (1975-77)		  
#14
Harold Brown (1977-81)		  
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Caspar Weinberger (1981-87)		  
#16
Frank Carlucci (1987-89)		  
#17
Dick Cheney (1989-93)		  
#18
Les Aspin (1993-94)		  
#19
William Perry (1994-97)		  
#20
William Cohen (1997-2001)		  
#21
Donald Rumsfeld (2001-present)		  
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Frodo
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« on: May 21, 2006, 04:00:43 PM »
Who was the best defense secretary from those listed?  For me, it was Caspar Weinberger. 
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Akno21
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 06:38:30 PM »
I don't know who is best, but I know Robert McNamara is the worst.
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DanielX
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 06:57:34 PM »
Quote from: Sec. of Defense Akno21 on May 21, 2006, 06:38:30 PM
I don't know who is best, but I know Robert McNamara is the worst.
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Does ANYONE like him? I mean, both left and right, i've heard people who hate his guts. He mismanaged both Vietnam and military R&D.

He cancelled the B-70 Valkryie, among many other programs, and totally bollixed the F-111 procurement.
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Jake
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2006, 07:38:55 PM »
James Schlesinger and Cap Weinberger were both outstanding.
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J. J.
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2006, 08:23:17 PM »
Cheney was an outstanding defense secretary.
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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2006, 09:35:31 PM »
Cap Weinberger best, McNamara worst.
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2006, 12:40:48 AM »
i couldnt decide, so i voted Cohen. he presided over an era of relative national security. thats got to count right?
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