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==1960s==
==1960s==
===The duPonts===
Clifford's law firm had been hired in the early sixties by the duPonts of [[Delaware]], when they were ordered to get
Clifford's law firm had been hired in the early sixties by the duPonts of [[Delaware]], when they were ordered to get
rid o{ their [[General Motors]] stock because of antitrust implications. This meant that, unless Congress passed extraordinary legislation of forgiveness, the family faced a tax liability of more than $1 billion. According to Bill
rid o{ their [[General Motors]] stock because of antitrust implications. This meant that, unless Congress passed extraordinary legislation of forgiveness, the family faced a tax liability of more than $1 billion. According to Bill
Two years later Clifford's closeness to Johnson apparently did him little harm when the duPont ttx matter again came up. The lawyer helped negotiate a favorable interpretation of the 1962 settlement-one that saved the du Ponts (who probably considered it petty cash) at least $56 million in taxes.
Two years later Clifford's closeness to Johnson apparently did him little harm when the duPont ttx matter again came up. The lawyer helped negotiate a favorable interpretation of the 1962 settlement-one that saved the du Ponts (who probably considered it petty cash) at least $56 million in taxes.
===Walter Jenkins===
One month before the 1964 Presidential election, [[White House]] Chief of Staff Walter Jenkins was arrested in a pay toilet of the men's room of the [[YMCA]], two blocks from the White House. It was not the first time Jenkins had been
arrested on the same charge. The police had apprehended him in the same washroom in January 1959 in a similar [[homosexual]] episode.
===Secretary of Defense===
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>