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It caused Clark Clifford, a presidential adviser since the late 1940s, to turn to a policy of withdrawal, and certainly repudiated Robert McNamara's view that the "light is at the end of the tunnel." News footage of this event showed General Westmoreland defending his headquarters with a pistol. Americans thought the United States controlled the cities, if not the jungle, and here was a coordinated attack on more than 100 cities and towns. FTP, what was this Vietcong offensive launched against South Vietnam, named after the Vietnamese New Year, which included the taking over of the CIA headquarters and radio station in Saigon?
It caused Clark Clifford, a presidential adviser since the late 1940s, to turn to a policy of withdrawal, and certainly repudiated Robert McNamara's view that the "light is at the end of the tunnel.
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