Laird, defense secretary, dead | Advertiser-Tribune MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 94. His grandson, Raymond Dennis Large III, said Laird died in Florida. Laird left a […]

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Laird, defense secretary, dead