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President Richard M. Nixon timed U.S. military withdrawal from Vietnam to his 1972 reelection campaign. He negotiated a "decent interval" deal with North Vietnam to postpone, not prevent, Communist victory in the South. Ken Hughes, a research specialist with the University of Virginia's Miller Center, presents the secret White House tapes and documents revealing how a President prolonged a war and faked peace for political gain. fatalpolitics.com
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