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34 Years Ago In TIME: "Forward, March!"
(TIME, February 17) -- Last time a Democrat hired a Republican to run the Pentagon, there was no mistaking the Top Gun: "That there could be any argument about his policies is a source of astonishment to [Robert] McNamara. He is utterly convinced of the inevitability of his views. He believes that any problem can be solved by examination of the facts, consideration of the available 'options,' and application of logical decisions...Like no Defense Secretary before him, he has seized control of the Pentagon. Military leaders can offer advice, but McNamara makes the decisions...His love of computers, and his own computerlike mind, have led to the bitter quip that IBM really stands for 'I, Bob McNamara.'" --Feb. 15, 1963
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"I put a quick stop to that--using draconian, lack-of-due-process methods."
--FBI Director Louis Freeh, after his three-year-old son set off security alarms at home and police raced to the scene "I have to confess that it has crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian."
--Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressing the National Prayer Breakfast "Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross, and I'm walking the dog. "
--Bob Dole on NBC's Today show, discussing life after the presidential election "It's almost as long as the Kennedy presidency or our participation in the Second World War."
--Geraldo Rivera on the duration of the Simpson case
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