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Senate Dissent Speech

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964

Ernest Gruening7 August 1964

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Gruening opposed the resolution during the Senate debate because he believed it could deepen American military involvement in Vietnam without adequate congressional control.

Names involved

Ernest Gruening

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