June 9, 2006
Robert McNamara
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Less than 5 weeks after being named president of the Ford Motor Company, Robert McNamara resigned to accept President Kennedy's invitation to serve as Secretary of Defense. In this role, he shifted US military strategy away from heavy reliance on nuclear weaponry and strengthened conventional fighting capacity. He initially supported the escalation of the Vietnam War, but his growing doubts led him to resign from the cabinet. He then became the president of what agency?
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