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Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam when Gen. William Westmoreland, the top commander in Vietnam, requested 240,000 more troops in 1968 for the prolonged war that also could not be won.

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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

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People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, the…

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You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.

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We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.

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Life is too short to drink the house wine.

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Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond which …

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Get the hell out of Palestine.

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I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a question. Y…

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