He was being groomed for one of the top slots in the corporation, General, Chief of Staff, anything.
9 seconds sound clip from the Apocalypse Now movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:23:14 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- At first, I thought they handed me the wrong dossier. I couldn't believe they wanted this man dead.
- I had heard his voice on the tape and it really put the hook in me...
- But I couldn't connect up that voice with this man.
- Like they said, he had an impressive career. Maybe too impressive. I mean, perfect.
- He was being groomed for one of the top slots in the corporation, General, Chief of Staff, anything.
- In 1964, he returned from a tour with advisory command in Vietnam and things started to slip.
- His report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lyndon Johnson was restricted.
- Seems they didn't dig what he had to tell them.
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