Caption: (WX19) WASHINGTON, Oct.2--DENIES NAVE MADE STRIKES--Adm. John S. McCain Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific forces, leaves a meeting with House members today. He denied that Navy pilots made unauthorized air strikes against North Vietnam, a charge brought up during Senate Armed Services Committee hearings into alleged unauthorized Air Force strikes. (AP Wirephoto)(See AP AAA Wire Story)(rh21800stf-cpg) 1972McCain Wins OK As Full Admiral; Abrams Still WaitsWASHINGTON-(UPI)-The Senate voted Monday to allow John S. McCain Jr. to retire with the rank of full admiral, but put off action on the nomination of Gen. Greighton W. Abrams to be Army chief of staff.Both were involved in the controversy over unauthorized air raids over North Vietnam ordered last winter by Gen. John D. Lavelle, now retired.Abrams was Lavell's immediate superior in Saigon. McCain was commanding officer of the Pacific Theater, which included the South east Asia area, where Lavelle operated.McCain's promotion, along with those of several other officers, was approved routinely without debate and no recorded vote.Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said, however, that he expected debate on Abrams. Mansfield announced that he would not call up the nomination until he couldd get agreement on how long debate would last.The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Abrams promotion unanimously last week, while rejecting 12-2 the promotion of Lavell to the rank of lieutenant general.
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