Name: Nixon's Secret Plan to End the Vietnam War
Duration: 216
Description: In 1968, Richard Nixon ran on a platform for the presidency that included a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam.

In 1968, Richard Nixon ran on a platform for the presidency that included a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam.

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In 1968, Richard Nixon ran on a platform for the  presidency that included a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam.

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