Vietnam Primer - Roll Call

Vietnam Primer

By Roll Call Staff

Posted November 7, 2007 at 6:24pm

Then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara points to a map of Laos and Vietnam as he updates reporters during an April 26, 1965, press conference at the Pentagon. The conference came as then-President Lyndon Johnson was starting to significantly increase the number of U.S. ground forces in Vietnam.

Recent Stories

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., not only won't seek reelection next year, he's leaving Congress.

McCarthy quitting Congress, says he’ll serve country ‘in new ways’

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally held in Ankeny, Iowa, on Dec. 2.

Trump initially sidesteps ‘dictator’ question before adoring Iowa crowd

(From left) Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York at a Republican news conference on Nov. 14. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

A tale of House Republicans: The best and worst of times

IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, right, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley prepare to testify during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday.

House panel backs release of Hunter Biden tax probe information

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik arrives for a news conference with leadership on Nov. 14 in the Capitol Visitor Center, where they addressed the continuing resolution to fund the government and the war in Israel.

Campus antisemitism hearing includes attacks on diversity, liberals

Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he would no longer block Senate action on promotions for roughly 440 senior military officials, but he would continue to block 11 four-star officers.

Tuberville lifts holds on almost all military promotions