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Please make it a full answer cuz well that only makes sense.... What action by Congress allowed President Johnson to expand the war in Vietnam? Why? What were the results?

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The reported aggression in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam led an outraged Congress to authorize Johnson to ramp up efforts to defeat the North Vietnamese; later, an investigation into the incident raised doubts as to whether President Johnson's version of the event in the Gulf of Tonkin (which led to Congress's approval of the resolution) was accurate
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