He was always the cool voice of reason no matter how heated the debate. It has been said of him that he preferred an arm around a shoulder to the twisting of an arm. Senator JACKSON was the son of an immigrant Norwegian laborer who went on the counsel with some of the worlds most powerful leaders and to advise many of the nine Presidents with whom he served. The Office of the Presidency eluded his grasp. but I believe the imprint he has left on the foreign policy of this Nation may be as great as that of many Presidents. Senator JACKSON was that rather rare combination of military hawk and social liberalan outspoken adversary of the Soviet Union and a champion of a strong national defense. but never at the expense of the downtrodden of America.
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