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Inauguration Day
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Elevated view of special guests leaving the platform after the inauguration of Richard Nixon. In the center can be seen Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird, who was Nixon's secretary of defense, and next to him Attorney General John Mitchell.
January 20, 1969
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Laird and Hussein
April 9, 1969
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and King Hussein of Jordan at a diplomatic reception in Washington, D.C. Hussein was on a personal mission to attempt to change the Nixon administration's position...
I Like Ike — Again
1956
Wisconsin Congressman Melvin R. Laird with four supporters of the re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon, dressed in special campaign garb.
Nixon Cabinet Meeting
May 20, 1971
President Richard Nixon meeting with his cabinet in the White House. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, originally from Marshfield, Wisconsin, is to his left at the table.
Candidate Laird
November 1, 1966
Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird distributing his campaign literature outside the Marathon Electric plant gate.
Nixon Meeting
April 4, 1972
President Richard Nixon meeting with Secretary of the Navy John Chafee, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office of the White House.
Laird and Nixon
May 7, 1969
Standing by President Richard Nixon, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird waves to a White House Rose Garden audience during an event for William H. Brown, who is standing on the right.
