Original sentence: "  Since the hearings concerned a foreign aid bill, the committee's report omitted any mention of the Liberty incident." Secretary McNamara promised fast delivery of the investigation report ("... you will have it in 4 hours."), and concluded his remarks by saying: "I simply want to emphasize that the investigative report does not show any evidence of a conscious intent to attack a U.... By the time we get to it we will be on some other subject.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony contains, as an aside matter during hearings concerning a foreign aid authorization bill, questions and statements from several senators and responses from then Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, about the Liberty attack
Edited sentence: " Chairman Fulbright told McNamara that the report would arrive too late, that the committee would be conducting other business by the time the promised investigation report would arrive." Secretary McNamara promised to arrange fast delivery of the investigation report and concluded his remarks by saying: "I simply want to emphasize that the investigative report does not show any evidence of a conscious intent to attack a U.Since the hearings concerned a foreign aid bill, the committee's report omitted any mention of the Liberty incident.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony contains, as an aside matter during hearings concerning a foreign aid authorization bill, for which the Senators were not adequately prepared, questions and statements from several senators and responses from then Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, about the Liberty attack