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President Lyndon Johnson's telephone calls on the Gulf of Tonkin and the Congressional resolution, which gave him the authority, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, to use military force in Southeast Asia. Marc Selverstone talked about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

President Johnson's August 1964 calls about the Gulf of Tonkin and Congressional resolution.

President Lyndon Johnson talked about the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, sending ground troops to Vietnam and Congressional hearings on the war.

George Washington and Alexander Hamilton re-enactors and others took part in a ceremony commemorating the…

Thomas Blanton toured the National Security Archive at the George Washington University and talked about declassified documents related to the Gulf of Tonkin incidents of August 1964. Director Blanton said that we know much more now about the events that led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and escalation of the Vietnam War than policy makers knew at the time.

American advisers like Johnston aided South Vietnam in its war against communist North Vietnam before President Johnson and Congress paved the way for escalating American involvement with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; signed by President Johnson on August 10, 1964.

Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin, located off the coast of northern Vietnam and southern China.

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary this month of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, with a special program of President Johnson’s August 1964 calls on the events that led to Congress approving the measure.

And providing context for the Gulf of Tonkin events and the Syria debate: Historian David Coleman, Deputy Director of the Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

He talked about the implications of presidential statements made by Kennedy on the Cuban Missile Crisis, Johnson on the Gulf of Tonkin, Reagan on Iran-Contra, and George W.

Newsreel footage was shown of the Tonkin Gulf conflict during the Vietnam War.

It focused on the life of Senator Wayne Morse who was most well-known for his initial opposition to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution during the Vietnam War, which essentially gave President Johnson powers of appropriation that usually are reserved for Congress.

Universal Newsreel footage of President Johnson speaking about the Vietnam War and the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Gennady Gerasimov, spokesman for the Soviet Foreign Ministry, discussed the changes in the Soviet Union.