Nixon believed they would prepare the South Vietnamese to take responsibility for their own defense against a Communist takeover and allow the U.S. to leave the conflict with its honer intact. He used the domino theory, that once Viet Nam fell to Communism the rest of South East Asia would fall to Communism as well.
<span>War veterans hold a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol to show their support for
</span>a law banning the burning of the American flag. Women in the millions march on Washington, D.C. and in cities across the nation to protest unfair practices in <span>the government.
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