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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. – Bob Woodward

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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending. – Bob Woodward

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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixons lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. – Bob Woodward

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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history and he failed to build a true international coalition. – Nancy Pelosi

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