His normal request was for more men. Hence the troop buildup.
Johnson was frustrated with his inability to reach a solution in Vietnam, and the graphic images of American casualties suffered during the TET Offensive helped stoke anti-war sentiment among the American people. He relieved General Westmoreland of duty and replaced him with General Creighton Abrams.
William Westmoreland requested combat troops after several serious setbacks against South Vietnamese forces. Eventually, there were over 500,000 Americans in Vietnam.
Because that's how they roll
Andrew Johnson made that request and I understand that it was granted.
Johnson was never nominated for President. He became president because he was the vice-president when Lincoln died. He became a candidate for vice-president at the request of Lincoln. He received votes in the early ballots at the Democratic Convention in 1868 trailing George Pendlelton and Winfield Hancock but Horatio Seymour eventually won the nomination.Andrew Johnson didn't run for President.
Lewis & Clark were the two people at the request of president Jefferson
Washington agreed to called Mr. President at the request of The House of Representatives .
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He boarded the Titanic to go to Carnegie Hall in New York to give a lecture on world peace. He received a request from president Taft to go to Carnegie Hall to be one of the speakers.
What does that even mean, you left out something in your question.
William Cholmley has written: 'The request and suite of a true-hearted Englishman' -- subject(s): Commerce
The Republican governor of Ohio, William Dennison was expected to furnish 10,000 of the 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months as per President Lincoln's request. This was after the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter.