Political Quotes

“when it was my privilege to serve in the Department of Defense between the years 1969 and 1974 in the posts of Under Secretary and Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Clarey was Vice Chief of Naval Operations. The No. 2 man under the CNO, who at that time was Adm. Thomas Moorer; Admiral Clarey subsequently was transferred, and I had the privilege of cutting his orders, to the position of Commander in Chief of all U.S. Forces in the Pacific, one of the most important commands. Admiral Zumwalt had become the CNO, and together we decided that Admiral Clarey was the best qualified flag officer in the Navy to take on this post at the time of the very serious conflict in Vietnam. I had the privilege of working very closely with this distinguished naval officer in both his capacity as Vice Chief and as Commander in Chief of the Pacific Forces. I say with the greatest humility that I looked upon him as one might look upon an older brother. He was an extraordinary man, decorated with the second highest decoration of the United States Navy, the Navy Cross, in three separate instances, for his heroism during World War II, and he earned his distinguished naval record ever since graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934.”