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Clark McAdams Clifford served as Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon Johnson.
Clark Clifford was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on Christmas Day, 1906. He first practiced law in St. Louis, Missouri before serving in the United States Navy from 1944-1946. During this time he served as naval aide to President Harry Truman and became one of the Presidents most trusted friends. From 1950 – 1960 Clifford practiced law in Washington D. C. where he often advised members of the Democratic Party on legal matters. One of his Democratic clients was Senator John F. Kennedy. During the Kennedy administration Clifford often served as an advisory, and after President Kennedy was assassinated he continued to advise President Johnson. When Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara resigned, President Johnson nominated Clifford to be the new Secretary of Defense, and following confirmation by the Senate he assumed the office on February 29, 1968. Clifford served as Secretary of Defense until Johnson left office on January 20, 1969. Clifford returned to his law practice and from 1982 to 1991, Clifford served as chairman of First American Bankshares. Later in life Clifford suffered from a number of health problems and died of natural causes on October 10, 1998. Clark M. Clifford is resting in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery.
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Description: Clark Clifford was born on December 25, 1906 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He attended college and law school at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and practiced law in St. Louis between 1928 and 1943. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, reaching the rank of Captain and serving as assistant naval aide and then naval aide to President Truman, for whom he became a trusted personal adviser and friend. Clifford was a key architect of Truman's campaign in 1948, when Truman pulled off a stunning upset victory over Republican nominee Thomas Dewey. Clifford left government service in 1950 and practiced law in Washington where her served as legal advisor to the Democratic Party. It was during this time that he became friend with then Senator John F. Kennedy. In 1960, Clifford was a member of Kenney’s campaign staff and following the 1960 election, President Kennedy appointed him to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Following President Kennedy’s assassination, Clifford served as unofficial counsel to President Johnson who often appointed him to short term official duties, including traveling with General Maxwell Taylor to Vietnam and several other countries in Southeast Asia. When Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara resigned in 1968, President Johnson nominated Clifford to the cabinet position. Clifford served as Secretary of Defense until Johnson left office in 1969. After leaving office he returned to his law practice in Washington. Clark Clifford continued to practice law until 1980 when President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the position to special emissary to India. From 1982 to 1991, Clifford served as chairman of First American Bankshares, which grew to become the largest bank in Washington, D.C. The bank was nominally owned by a group of Arab investors, but in order to assuage fears from the Federal Reserve, Clifford had assembled a board of distinguished American citizens to exercise day-to-day control. In 1991, Robert M. Morgenthau, the District Attorney for New York County disclosed that his office had found evidence that BCCI secretly owned First American. Morgenthau convened a grand jury to determine whether Clifford and his partner, Robert A. Altman, had deliberately misled federal regulators when the two men assured them that BCCI would have no outside control. Clifford was eventually indicted but it is widely thought that the indictments were set aside because of his failing health. Clark M. Clifford died on October 10, 1998 and is resting in Arlington National Cemetery. Date of birth: 12/25/1906 Date of death: 10/10/1998 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily - 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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