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U.S. Secretary of Defense in August 1964.

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Robert McNamara. U.S. Secretary of Defense in August 1964.

1964

Robert McNamara, head of U.S. Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense.

4 Aug 1964: Robert McNamara intervened in the Gulf of Tonkin incidents. Briefed congressional leaders on 4 August 1964.

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