Post by: AngelOfThyNight on November 17, 2016, 05:01:35 PM
Melvin Laird, the former secretary of defense who ended the unpopular military draft and initiated withdrawal of US troops from the Vietnam War, died Wednesday.
Source: Draft-ending ex-Secretary of Defense dies (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/I0wDNfT7RKQ/index.html)