▁administration ▁open ly ▁critic ized ▁Johnson ' s ▁handling ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁though ▁some , ▁like ▁George ▁Ball , ▁war ned ▁against ▁expand ing ▁the ▁U . S . ▁presence ▁in ▁Vietnam . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Robert ▁Kennedy ▁har sh ly ▁critic ized ▁Johnson ' s ▁bomb ing ▁campaign , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁may ▁be ▁head ed ▁" on ▁a ▁road ▁from ▁which ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁turning ▁back , ▁a ▁road ▁that ▁leads ▁to ▁cat ast rop he ▁for ▁all ▁man kind ." ▁So on ▁there after , ▁the ▁Senate ▁Foreign ▁Rel ations ▁Committee , ▁cha ired ▁by ▁Senator ▁James ▁William ▁Ful br ight , ▁held ▁tele vised ▁hear ings ▁exam ining ▁the ▁administration ' s ▁Vietnam ▁policy . ▁Imp atience ▁with ▁the ▁president ▁and ▁doub ts ▁about ▁his ▁war ▁strategy ▁continued ▁to ▁grow ▁on ▁Capit ol ▁Hill . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Senator ▁Richard ▁Russell , ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Senate ▁Ar med ▁Services ▁Committee , ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁co ars ening ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁m ood , ▁declared ▁it ▁was ▁time ▁to ▁" get ▁it ▁over ▁or ▁get ▁out ." ▁ ▁By ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁multiple ▁sources ▁began ▁to ▁report ▁progress ▁was ▁being ▁made ▁against ▁the ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁log istics ▁and ▁infrastr ucture ; ▁Johnson ▁was ▁ur ged ▁from ▁every ▁corner ▁to ▁begin ▁peace ▁discuss ions . ▁The ▁gap ▁with ▁H ano i , ▁however , ▁was ▁an ▁un bridge able ▁demand