UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

William H. Sullivan is a self-acknowledged champion of the executive usurpation of Congressional powers, in their ultimate, war-making capacity. In Laos, as ambassador, he directed all the military and intelligence operations of the U.S. government. Due to his experience there and in Vietnam, he has become the United States’ foremost expert on counter-insurgency warfare in Southeast Asia. His public record in word and deed indicates that he would have no qualms about the commitment of the U.S. air force and ground troops to counter-insurgency operations in the Philippines, were he sent there as ambassador. The Senate would be wise to reject his nomination. The United States cannot afford another Vietnam.