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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietna

Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively lost, before Nixon salvaged a non-Communist South Vietnam while effecting a complete American withdrawal. – Conrad Black

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Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history. – Conrad Black

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