1969 Press Photo Defense Secretary Laird and General Wheeler at Appropriations

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird talks today at the witness table with General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, at the start of a closed session of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in Washington. At right is John S. Foster, director of defense research and engineering. The subcommittee is discussing appropriations for the Defense Department.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.