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Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who read Pentagon Papers into Congressional Record, dies at 91

In 1971, Gravel led a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft and he read into the Congressional Record 4,100 pages of the leaked Pentagon Papers.

21 months ago

Daniel Elsberg

Judge OKs limited release of Pentagon Papers case records

The government must release some documents that will shed light on two grand juries that sat in Boston nearly 50 years ago to investigate the leak of the Pentagon Papers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

3 years ago

US troops have not 'died in vain’ in Afghanistan, Joint Chiefs chairman says

“I could not look myself in the mirror. I couldn’t answer myself at two to three in the morning when my eyes pop open and see the dead roll in front of my eyes."

By Shawn Snow

3 years ago

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