Nation: Deaf Ear to the Military

Some of the most stringent criticism yet leveled at the President's management of the war came last week from the Stennis Committee, which rushed into print a 20-page report on its three-week inquiry into the course and conduct of the U.S. air offensive against North Viet Nam.

Charging that the Administration has consistently turned a deaf ear to the concerted advice of its military leaders, the Senate subcommittee said that as a result the U.S. has failed to mount "a systematic, timely and hard-hitting, integrated air campaign against the vital North Viet Nam targets. This policy has not done the job and...

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