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Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906 – October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.
Oct 11, 1998 · Clark M. Clifford, the silver-haired Brahmin of the nation's political establishment who advised Presidents across half a century of American history, died yesterday morning at the age of 91 at...
Jun 8, 2018 · Clark McAdams Clifford was a prominent Washington, D.C., attorney who served as an adviser to every Democratic president from harry s. truman to jimmy carter. He was White House counsel to President Truman, personal lawyer to john f. kennedy, and secretary of defense under lyndon b. johnson.
C lark M. Clifford's public career spanned the years of the Cold War (1945–91). He was an influential advisor to every Democratic president from Harry S. Truman (1884–1972; served 1945–53; see entry) to Jimmy Carter (1924–; served 1977–81; see entry).
On 19 January 1968 President Johnson announced his selection of Clark M. Clifford to replace Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense. Clifford was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on 25 December...
Nov 20, 1998 · On a brilliant autumn morning when most of official Washington was preoccupied with events across town on Capitol Hill, about 500 people gathered at National Cathedral yesterday to memorialize ...
Clark M. Clifford, 91, the quintessential Washington lawyer and political insider who had been a valued and trusted adviser to four U.S. presidents on issues from campaign strategy to the...
