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Anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam wars offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vi good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. Im chair of the moo newseum. Were here to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, ill explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. I am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest inibit, the marines and tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, i will explain it. It was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities, and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30, 1968. I remember it well because i was an intelligence clerk at the time. Our ...

It cant come from the press person. Usually when you say that, by the way, half of all requests go away because theyre not quite willing to ratchet it up that high. So i always insist that they ratchet it up that high, offer very, very specific proof. And i would say still most of the time we go with the story. But if somebody offers are there stories we have held over the years, stories that met that standard . Yes. A brief portion from tonights look at the relationship between the press and the government. See that starting at 8 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, c san. Cspan. Now, more...