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19 Nov 2013, 1:15 pm by farrah nagrampa
The Warren Commission was created by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the JFK assassination. [read post]
At Lyndon Johnson’s request, President John Kennedy named John Connally Secretary of the Navy in 1961. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 8:30 am
The last time it happened was in 1967, when Lyndon B. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 9:28 pm
I loved picking out all the politicians in it, from Bobby Kennedy and Ted Kennedy (and Ethel) to Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird and Mayor Robert Wagner. [read post]
1 May 2007, 6:12 am
Lay, who was appointed to the Eighth Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966, was 80. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 7:29 pm
By 1968, Lyndon Johnson had established the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (the predecessor organization to the Drug Enforcement Agency) to lead the charge against domestic drug use and distribution. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 2:15 am
We have reported previously on the UK government's proposals to reform the regulatory structure in the UK and abolish the FSA (click here to see our post).Lyndon Nelson, director of risk management at the FSA, spoke at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services last Wednesday, 14 July 2010. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 9:22 am by Tom Smith
WASHINGTON — Some voters probably still hope Joe Biden or Donald Trump - or both - will do what Lyndon Baines Johnson did nearly 56 years ago: Pull out of the presidential race under public pressure.After all, Biden has heard widespread concerns about his age, and Trump faces four separate criminal trials. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 4:26 pm by Transplanted Lawyer
President Lyndon Johnson famously responded to overwhelming public criticism of his handling of Vietnam by announcing that he would not serve as President for a second full term -- he channeled the long-dead General William Tecumseh Sherman, who said "If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 5:52 pm
Getty Images President Lyndon B Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. [read post]
6 Jul 2019, 7:38 pm by Tom Smith
Barry Goldwater and George McGovern, two candidates who lost in blow-out landslides to Lyndon B. [read post]
8 Apr 2018, 8:16 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
The abstract: Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson appointed a blue ribbon panel called the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to examine the causes of urban riots that happened during the summer of 1967. [read post]
6 Aug 2017, 7:38 am by NCC Staff
Two days earlier, President Lyndon Johnson presented a draft of the Voting Rights Act to Congress. [read post]
27 Apr 2008, 11:31 am
Some of a certain age and/or who cherish blunt wisdom may recall Lyndon Johnson's saying about being "outside the tent. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 7:44 am
Yes, Lyndon Johnson bears greater responsibility for the damage done the nation by the Vietnam War. [read post]
25 May 2011, 5:53 am by Glenn Reynolds
“Apollo was a spectacular success, both in terms of winning the Cold-War battle and (a secondary goal, vigorously pursued by Texan Vice President Lyndon Johnson) in creating a ‘Marshall Plan’ for the industrialization of the American South, with new high-tech activities in Houston, northern Alabama, and central Florida, among other places. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 3:52 pm by Olivia
Newly released audio tapes of President Lyndon Johnson, now show that the the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve as Justice of the Supreme Court, was a plan years in the making. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 1:51 am by admin
Lyndon James, Zara Ritchie and Sarah Stevens, PwC, Sydney and Melbourne The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released a draft Reportable Tax Position (RTP) Schedule, which will require some large business taxpayers to disclose information about reportable tax positions (i.e. uncertain or contestable positions) in an attachment to their annual income tax return. [read post]