I was the callowest of midshipmen during his tenure as SecDef, and even I knew was a pretty remarkable guy.
Brown later maintained that his extensive work with the Soviets on the arms race was not wasted.
“We also reached a specific strategic arms control agreement with the Soviet Union,” he wrote. “Though never formally ratified, the agreement was adhered to by both parties and limited Soviet threats that our other conventional and nuclear weapons programs were designed to counter.”
Brown pursued arm control agreements? Don’t let John "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. I considered the war in Vietnam already lost. [dying in the 'Nam is for suckers] Bolton give the eulogy at this guy’s funeral.
Bolton: “Arms controls agreement? Pussy.”
Trump: Brown? He didn’t know as much about the nuclear as I do. Believe me.
It is painful to read the bio of a qualified person in the upper levels of government against the backdrop of grasping dimwits who seem to be landing there these days.
Someone who really seemed to think things through and didn’t just rely on unproven beliefs and propaganda.