FILE - In this Oct. 26, 1972 file photo, then presidential adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger tells a White House news conference that "peace is at hand in Vietnam. As President Richard Nixon was fending off a challenge from Democratic Sen. George McGovern in 1972, Nixon authorized national security adviser Henry Kissinger to say "peace is at hand" in Vietnam. It turned out Kissinger's prediction was way off the mark: The heaviest bombing of the war started just before Christmas 1972. (AP Photo, File)