robert's own children them.ed as our ivileged to witness general maxwell taylor. ne of the ablest military leaders in many years. his record of distinguished back e to the nation goes nearly 45 years. e was an outstanding combat leader in world war two and in went on through progressively more responsible become chief of staff of the army and chairman staff. joint chiefs of few men have played such a significant role in the to our ents leading current involvement in vietnam. for the last five years, general has been associated intimately with the making of policy decisions. as personal military epresentative of president kennedy in 1961 and '62, as chairman. chief of staffs from '62 o '64 and as our ambassador to outh vietnam in 1964 and 1965, and he is now special consultant to the president and accompanied the recent conference in honolulu. general taylor, we're pleased to have you with and we're very you and welcome whatever statement you choose. >> mr. chairman and gentlemen, i want to thank you, mr. chairman, and the members of the committee for your willingn