Robert McNamara

Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, testifying, August 13, 1963 at a Senate hearing on the limited nuclear test ban treaty, emphasizes his remarks with a point skyward. Advocating Senate approval of the treaty, he said U.S. nuclear superiority over Russia has increased substantially in the last four years. This country now has nuclear warheads âäœin the tens of thousands,âä he added. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)