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After leaving the government in 1950 Clifford practiced law in Washington, but continued to advise the White House occasionally. In 1960 he was a member of President-elect Kennedy's Committee on the Defense Establishment, headed by Stuart Symington. In May 1961 Kennedy appointed him to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which he chaired beginning in April 1963. After President Johnson entered office, Clifford served frequently as an unofficial counselor and sometimes undertook short-term official duties, including a trip with General Maxwell Taylor in 1967 to Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Clifford estimated that in the year prior to his appointment as secretary of defense he had spent about half of his time advising the president and the other half with his law firm.

After leaving the government in 1950 Clifford practiced law in Washington, but continued to advise the White House occasionally. In 1960 he was a member of President-elect Kennedy's Committee on the Defense Establishment, headed by Stuart Symington. In May 1961 Kennedy appointed him to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which he chaired beginning in April 1963. After President Johnson entered office, Clifford served frequently as an unofficial counselor and sometimes undertook short-term official duties, including a trip with General Maxwell Taylor in 1967 to Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Clifford estimated that in the year prior to his appointment as secretary of defense he had spent about half of his time advising the president and the other half with his law firm.

==Vietnam==

==Johnson administration==

Clifford was appointed by U.S. President [[Lyndon Johnson]] Secretary of Defense at the height of Johnson's escalation of the [[Vietnam conflict]] upon termination of Secretary [[Robert McNamara]].  Clifford recites in a PBS documentary on the Vietnam War that he had "turned against the war" shortly after Johnson appointed him Defense Secretary.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_06.html ''Vietnam: A Television History''], (1983).  Transcript retrieved from PBS.org 13 July 2007.</ref>

Clifford was appointed by U.S. President [[Lyndon Johnson]] Secretary of Defense at the height of Johnson's escalation of the [[Vietnam conflict]] upon termination of Secretary [[Robert McNamara]].  Clifford recites in a PBS documentary on the Vietnam War that he had "turned against the war" shortly after Johnson appointed him Defense Secretary.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_06.html ''Vietnam: A Television History''], (1983).  Transcript retrieved from PBS.org 13 July 2007.</ref>

== Special Presidential Emissary to India ==

== Special Presidential Emissary to India ==