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George Ball
Ambassador to the United Nations · 1968
George Ball, Ambassador to the United Nations. George Wildman Ball was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the U.S. State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered by most as the only cabinet member of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson who was a major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball advised against deploying U.S.
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- Ambassador to the United Nations1968-06-26–1968-09-25
Biography
George Wildman Ball was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the U.S. State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered by most as the only cabinet member of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson who was a major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball advised against deploying U.S.
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