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===Secretary of Defense===
===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>[https://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 ==
Stephens was named in the court records as having brought Pharon together with Stephens' close friend Bert Lance. Lance was a former [[OMB]] nominee under President Jimmy Carter who was denied confirmation due to a banking scandal.
Stephens was named in the court records as having brought Pharon together with Stephens' close friend Bert Lance. Lance was a former [[OMB]] nominee under President Jimmy Carter who was denied confirmation due to a banking scandal.
BCCI founder Agha Hasan Abedi was introduced to Lance by Stephens. Stephens, Lance, and First American Bank director and longtime Democratic party power broker Clark Clifford all maintained that they did not know the group of Pakinstani and Saudi investors headed by Pharon, which they were dealing with, were actually fronting for BCCI.<ref>http://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/06early.htm</ref>
BCCI founder Agha Hasan Abedi was introduced to Lance by Stephens. Stephens, Lance, and First American Bank director and longtime Democratic party power broker Clark Clifford all maintained that they did not know the group of Pakinstani and Saudi investors headed by Pharon, which they were dealing with, were actually fronting for BCCI.<ref>https://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/06early.htm</ref>
Clifford's predicament worsened when it was disclosed he had made about $6 million in [[profits]] from bank stock that he bought with an [[unsecured]] [[loan]] from BCCI. A New York [[grand jury]] handed up indictments, and the U.S. Justice Department opened its own investigation. Clifford's assets in New York, where he kept most of his investments, were frozen.
Clifford's predicament worsened when it was disclosed he had made about $6 million in [[profits]] from bank stock that he bought with an [[unsecured]] [[loan]] from BCCI. A New York [[grand jury]] handed up indictments, and the U.S. Justice Department opened its own investigation. Clifford's assets in New York, where he kept most of his investments, were frozen.