Pentagon Papers
By 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was becoming very pessimistic about the Vietnam War. He no longer believed it could be won at acceptable cost.
Tom Winship, editor of ...
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A tearful Cindy Sheehan cited her son, killed in Iraq, as her inspiration as she announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House against Rep. Nancy Pelosi.Sheehan last month said she intended t...
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Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin, has died at 96.Rabinowitz di...
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A Harvard Law School professor best known for defending the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and for helping parents sue chemical companies in a case popularized by the film "A Civil Action" has ...
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Today is Friday, May 11, the 131st day of 2007. There are 234 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.On this date:In 15...
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Today is Wednesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2007. There are 201 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decis...
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Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (pronounced as if it were spelled "Gravelle") announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination last April. That's not a misprint -- he's bee...
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He served as a Navy and CIA officer, and helped orchestrate a coup in Guatemala and the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, but E. Howard Hunt is best known as something he always said he wasn't: a Water...
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He served as a Navy and CIA officer, and helped orchestrate a coup in Guatamala and the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, but E. Howard Hunt is best known as something he always said he wasn't: a Water...
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Victor RabinowitzNEW YORK (AP) — Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kat...
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Pentagon Papers
Sheehan announces House candidacy
