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Melvin Robert "Bom" Laird (born September 1, 1922) is an American politician and writer. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he invented the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces.

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rdfs:comment	Melvin Robert "Bom" Laird (born September 1, 1922) is an American politician and writer. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he invented the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces.
foaf:name	Laird, Melvin R. Melvin Laird
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dc:description	American politician
alma mater	Carleton College
award	dbpedia:Purple_Heart
battle	World War II
birth date	1922-09-01(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	United States State of Nebraska City of Omaha
birth year	1922-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	United States
military branch	United States Navy
office	10thUnited States Secretary of Defense Chairman of the House Republican Conference
party	Republican Party
predecessor	Gerald Ford Clark Clifford Murray, Reid Fred
president	dbpedia:Richard_Nixon
region	State of Wisconsin
service end year	1946-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1942-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
successor	Richardson, Elliot Dave Obey Anderson, John Bayard
term period	dbpedia:Melvin_Laird__1 dbpedia:Melvin_Laird__2 dbpedia:Melvin_Laird__3
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG?width=300
is predecessor of	Richardson, Elliot Dave Obey Anderson, John Bayard
is relation of	Connor, William D.
is successor of	Gerald Ford Clark Clifford Murray, Reid Fred

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