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Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird Endorses the Petition Aug 11. 2011 | Comments (0)

Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird who served as Secretary of Defense under Richard Nixon from 1969-1973, and through his leadership at the Pentagon helped broker the end of America's involvement in Vietnam.
He was a major Washington power-broker and attorney as well.
He was also a memeber of Congress for over 16 years representing the State of Wisconsin and was the person who went to VP Agnew and told him "you have to go."
In addition, Secretary Laird is a WWII veteran having served in the South Pacific during the war and having been awarded the Purple Heart.
Secretary Laird was 6th in line of succession to the Presidency and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Nixon in 1974.

Here is his bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_R._Laird

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Sec of Defense Melvin Laird

Sec of Defense Frank Carlucci

Sec of the Army John Marsh

Sec of the Army Thomas White

Senator Robert 'Bob' Dole

Senator Jeremiah Denton

Senator Robert "Bob" Kerrey

Senator Alan Simpson

Congressman Bob Michel

Sec of VA Anthony Principi

Governor Raul Castro (AZ)

The Legislature, State of Texas

General Hugh H. Shelton, CJCS

General Richard Myers, CJCS

General Tommy Franks, USA

General Bantz J. Craddock, USA

General John Abizaid, USA

General Edward C. Meyer, USA

General John Wickham, USA

General James L. Jones, USMC

General Carl Vuono, USA

General Gordon Sullivan, USA

Admiral Paul Yost, USCG

General Dennis Reimer, USA

General Peter Schoomaker, USA

General Ralph Eberhart, USAF

Admiral Thomas Hayward, USN

General PX Kelley, USMC

General John H. Tilelli, USA

General James Lindsay, USA

General Lawrence Skantze, USAF

General Edwin H. Burba, USA

General Glenn Otis, USA

General Larry Ellis, USA

General Richard C. Cody, USA

General F. Michael Rogers, USAF

General David Bramlett, USA

General Jack Merritt, USA

General Sam Walker, USA

General Walter E. Boomer, USMC

General Thomas Schwartz, USA

General Leon Salomon, USA

General Robert Shoemaker, USA

General Carl W. Stiner, USA

General Volney Warner, USA

General Earl O'Loughlin, USAF

General Fred Kroesen, USA

General Leon LaPorte, USA

General Burwell B. Bell, USA

General John Galvin, USA

General Ronald H. Griffith, USA

General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC

General Robert W. Bazley, USAF

General William Kernan, USA

General John W. Foss, USA

General Gary E. Luck, USA

General Robert RisCassi, USA

General Wallace H. Nutting, USA

General John Chain, USAF

General Louis C. Wagner, USA

General Fred Woerner, USA

General Anthony Zinni, USMC

General John Coburn, USA

General William S. Wallace, USA

General John Piotkowski, USAF

LTG Julius W. Becton Jr., USA

LTG David Grange, USA

LTG Sam Wetzel, USA

LTG Leroy Manor, USAF

LTG Claudia Kennedy, USA

LTG James B. Vaught, USA

LTG Leroy Manor, USAF

LTG Frank Libutti, USMC

LTG Richard Trefry, USA

LTG Henry Emerson, USA

LTG John Sylvester, USA

LTG Charles Bagnal, USA

LTG William Caldwell, USA

MG Patrick H. Brady, USA

MG Herbert McChrystal, USA

MG John Singlaub, USA

MG Chris Adams, USAF

MG Rocco Negris, USA

MG James Livingston, USMC

MG Tom Sadler, USAF

MG Donald J. Strait, USAF

MG Sidney Shachnow, USA

MG Lloyd B. Ramsey, USA

MG Alfred Valenzuela, USA

RADM Jeremiah A. Denton, USN

BG George Price, USA

BG David L. Grange, USA

BG Anthony Tata, USA

BG Charlie Duke, USAF Apollo 16

Col Jack Lousma, USMC, Skylab

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, USA

Colonel Elliott Sydnor, USA

LTC Anthony B. Herbert, USA

Cmmdr. Everett Alvarez, USN

SMA William Connelly, USA

SGM Billy Waugh, USA

Mr. Dan Rather (CBS)

Mr. Toby Keith

Mr. Craig Morgan

Mr. Lee Greenwood

Mr. Ray Stevens

Mr. Roy Clark

Mr. George Beverly Shea

Mr. Ernest Borgnine

Mr. Kris Kristofferson

Mr. Hugh O'Brien

Mr. Clint Walker

Mr. Robert Conrad

Mr. James Drury

Mr. Efrem Zimbalists, Jr.

Mr. R. Lee Ermey, USMC

Ms. Linda Hope

Ms. Dawn Wells

Mr. Russell Johnson

Ms. Barbara Eden

Mr. Arte Johnson

Mr. Mike Connors

Mr. Lee Majors

Mr. John Saxon

Ms. Kathryn Grant-Crosby

Captain Dale Dye, USMC

50 Medal of Honor Recipients

Former 'Doolittle Raiders'

Major Ted Van Kirk, 'Enola Gay'

Mr. Yogi Berra

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