Word: vietnamization
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...After a brief post in Jakarta, Sheehan returned to Vietnam in 1965 to cover the war for The Times...
...Sheehan earned The New York Times a Pulitzer Prize for his 1971 exposé of the Pentagon Papers, a secret report on the U.S. government’s policies in Vietnam...
...Sheehan, the Vietnam War and its aftermath would ultimately play a substantial role in his career and the way he viewed the world...
...While covering the war in Vietnam, Sheehan met Daniel Ellsberg ’52, a government official working for the RAND Corporation, who would later leak the Pentagon Papers...
...According to Ellsberg, Sheehan had written two articles for The Times that suggested the possibility that war crimes had been committed in Vietnam. These articles were so impressive to Ellsberg who Sheehan was the first person who came to mind when he decided to give the papers to The Times...