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This Day in History: August 10, 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allows him to escalate U.S.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allows him to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War with nearly unchecked authority to use force in Southeast Asia after he claimed North Vietnam attacked U.S. destroyers.

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