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Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of the Detroit News asked about the complaint that the Joint Chiefs are being held down. The President said that's a correct statement. The President pointed out that he and Rusk and McNamara never leave the room without agreement. The Joint Chiefs have

Folder, "[November-December 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

him. You have to break in a new man. But no one is indispensable. The Commander-In Chief has to make decisions, the Cabinet has to carry them out. There are not many men in the world as capable as McNamara is to do that. "I've spent 12 years