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Need To Know | Drawing parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam | PBS

Duration: 03:19
Program: Need to Know #112
Broadcast Date: Jul. 23, 2010

Jon Meacham compares today with the Vietnam era, and expresses the need for a public debate on Afghanistan.

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