The purpose of the "Vietnamization" strategy was to
A) decrease the number of American troops (and deaths) in Vietnam.
B) end the U.S. bombing campaign of Vietnam and Cambodia.
C) contain the fighting within the borders of North and South Vietnam.
D) deter Daniel Ellsberg from releasing the Pentagon Papers to the press.

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The "Vietnamization" strategy, initiated by President Richard Nixon, aimed to reduce the number of American troops in Vietnam and shift the burden of combat to the South Vietnamese forces, thereby decreasing American casualties and gradually withdrawing U.S. military presence from the region.

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