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Nguyen Cao Ky

"After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate."

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"After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate."

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