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2. WHAT WERE THE PENTAGON PAPERS Group of answer choices

CLASHES BETWEEN CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT
DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE SUPREME COURT
EFFORTS TO REDUCE PRESIDENTIAL POWER
EVENTS THAT WEAKENED PUBLIC TRUST IN GOVERNMENT

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Events that weakened public trust in government

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The Pentagon Papers is a United States Department of Defense history of the political and military involvement of the U.S. in Vietnam. It demonstrated that the Johnson Administration systematically lied to the public and Congress. Moreover the papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its military actions to nearby Cambodia and Laos.

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