Who said this about VietNam....

[MichiganVote]

A 1966 article in the Chicago Tribune quoted _________ as saying the following:

“The administration should clarify its intent in Viet Nam,’ he said. ‘People lack confidence in the credibility of our government.’ Even our allies are beginning to suspect what we say, he charged. ‘It’s a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy,’ he said. ‘With the secrecy, it’s impossible. The American people will do what’s right when they have the information they need.”

Take your best guess....

edit/typo

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Nixon?

[MichiganVote]

3. Close but no cigar

[MissWaverly]

2. my best guess is Nixon

[MichiganVote]

4. Nope

[madaboutharry]

5. Donald Rumsfeld

n/t

[MichiganVote]

8. Winner!

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/27/during-vietnam-rumsfeld-criticized-administration-for-credibility-gap/

[WestHoustonDem]

6. Rumsfeld?

[MichiganVote]

10. Yes!

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/27/during-vietnam-rumsfeld-criticized-administration-for-credibility-gap/

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Google is my friend..... and yes, I cheated.... Nixon wanted to

fire him for being too much of a dove I remember vaguely.


http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/30235

During Vietnam, Rumsfeld Criticized Administration For “Credibility Gap”

It wasn’t all that long ago when a young conservative congressman from Illinois named Donald Rumsfeld spoke eloquently on the floor of the House of Representatives during the Vietnam War about the need for the Johnson administration to speak more truthfully about that conflict.

A 1966 article in the Chicago Tribune quoted Rumsfeld as saying the following: “The administration should clarify its intent in Viet Nam,’ he said. ‘People lack confidence in the credibility of our government.’ Even our allies are beginning to suspect what we say, he charged. ‘It’s a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy,’ he said. ‘With the secrecy, it’s impossible. The American people will do what’s right when they have the information they need.”

Rumsfeld entered into the Congressional Record an article from the Chicago Sun-Times entitled “Why U.S. Viet Policy Lacks Friends—Our Credibility Destroyed” Rumsfeld stated: “I do, however, believe it is important to the future of our Nation to recognize that there is a problem of credibility today.”

[MichiganVote]

11. Interesting how politicians recycle their BS isn't it

[OhioChick]

9. Rumsfeld n/t

[MichiganVote]

12. Yup

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/27/during-vietnam-rumsfeld-criticized-administration-for-credibility-gap/

[cspanlovr]

13. I guess he was such a peacenik...

that Jerry Ford made him his Sec. of Defense. Its a strange world.

[MichiganVote]

14. You may be interested in the book, 31 days....

http://www.randomhouse.com/nanatalese/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385513807&view=qa