Throughout their interviews, McNamara and Bundy grappled with the extent to which senior officials should go public with their views. "There are limitations on what the secretary can say publicly," McNamara said, adding that if a top official comes forward with bad news, "you don't just tell your own people, you tell the enemy. You don't want the enemy being told senior officials believe the US is losing." |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.