As their Senate hearings began, all of Jimmy Carter's nominees for the Cabinet seemed certain to receive routine confirmation, but the questions drew comments from the candidates that were anything but commonplace—and touched off an explosion or two.
Secretary of State-designate Cyrus Vance admitted that U.S. involvement in Viet Nam had been "a mistake" and that he, as the Pentagon's No. 2 official in the mid-'60s, had made "more than my share of mistakes." Incoming Labor Secretary F. Ray Marshall revealed that he had urged an economic stimulus package with a much greater emphasis on Government support of jobs than the...
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