In 1971, President Richard Nixon's administration tried to block publication of ______.
A)reports on weapons of mass destruction
B)reports of government overspending
C)instructions on how to make an H-bomb
D)the Progressive magazine
E)a study of U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War

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In 1971, President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to block the publication of the Pentagon Papers, a classified Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. This effort was aimed at preventing the exposure of sensitive information related to U.S. strategies and actions in the Vietnam War.

In 1971, President Richard Nixon's Administration Tried to Block Publication