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The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.
Henry A. Kissinger

Biography

Author Profession: Statesman
Nationality: German
Born: May 27, 1923

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