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It is a sad day for America when a national giant passes. Adm. Thomas Moorer, of Eufaula, Ala., was such a giant. His passing this week is especially sad for me. Adm. Moorer was a friend, adviser and member of the board of directors of NewsMax.com's parent company, NewsMax Media, Inc. Adm. Moorer was a man "in the arena," as Theodore Roosevelt would have described him. Even at the age of 91, the admiral had kept quite active in public affairs. This dynamo of a man made his first landing on an aircraft carrier in 1935. I don't think I...

<p>Adm. Thomas Hinman Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a 41-year U.S. Navy veteran, died Thursday of an undisclosed illness. He was 91.</p> <p>A stalwart believer in traditional Navy codes and devotion to duty and country, Adm. Moorer remained true to his values during a sterling career punctuated by civil and cultural upheaval here and abroad.</p>

Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomas Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from July 1970 to June 1974 and chief of naval operations from 1967 to 1970, died today at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was 91. The 41-year Navy veteran retired from active duty in 1974, ending a distinguished career that included service as the seventh chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 18th chief of naval operations. Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon England, praised the admiral’s distinguished service by saying, “Admiral Thomas Moorer served his country with honor, courage and...

WASHINGTON - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, a Pearl Harbor veteran who became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam War, died Thursday. He was 91. Navy officials confirmed his death. Moorer served as the military's senior uniformed officer from July 1970 until his retirement in July 1974. A native of Mount Willing, Ala., Moorer played football at the Naval Academy and received his commission in 1933. He joined one of the early generations of naval aviators, flying fighters off of the first American carriers, according to an official Navy biography. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor during...

After State Department officials and historians assembled in Washington, D.C., last week to discuss the 1967 war in the Middle East, I am compelled to speak out about one of U.S. history's most shocking cover-ups. On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked our proud naval ship -- the USS Liberty -- killing 34 American servicemen and wounding 172. Those men were then betrayed and left to die by our own government. U.S. military rescue aircraft were recalled, not once, but twice, through direct intervention by the Johnson administration. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's cancellation of the Navy's attempt to rescue the...

Former Chief Navy Counsel Alleges Cover-Up by LBJ of 1967 Israeli Attack on U.S. ShipBy Jennifer C. Kerr Associated Press WriterPublished: Oct 22, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Navy attorney who helped lead the military investigation of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 American servicemen says former President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary, Robert McNamara, ordered that the inquiry conclude the incident was an accident. In a signed affidavit released at a Capitol Hill news conference, retired Capt. Ward Boston said Johnson and McNamara told those heading the Navy's inquiry to "conclude that...