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| − | '''Bill Moyers''' (1934 - ) | + | '''Bill Moyers''' (1934 - ) was an intimate adviser to President [[Lyndon Johnson]] while the decision was made commit U.S. forces to the [[Vietnam War]] ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/world/20-years-after-victory-vietnamese-communists-ponder-how-to-celebrate.html</ref>, and leaving hundreds of thousands maimed in injured. |
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| + | Moyers has remained employed for more than four decades in the public-sector funded [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]], created during the Johnson administration by a [[Democratic]] controlled Congress. He is a [[liberal]] [[journalist]] and currently hosts PBS's show ''Bill Moyers' Journal'', a forum for attack on Republicans and conservationism which espouses envy as a popular virtue. He became an ordained [[Baptist]] [[minister]] almost 50 years ago. Moyers has a lot of liberal political views, such as [[democratic socialism]] and support for [[gay rights]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:52, January 2, 2013
Bill Moyers (1934 - ) was an intimate adviser to President Lyndon Johnson while the decision was made commit U.S. forces to the Vietnam War ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese[1], and leaving hundreds of thousands maimed in injured.
Moyers has remained employed for more than four decades in the public-sector funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting, created during the Johnson administration by a Democratic controlled Congress. He is a liberal journalist and currently hosts PBS's show Bill Moyers' Journal, a forum for attack on Republicans and conservationism which espouses envy as a popular virtue. He became an ordained Baptist minister almost 50 years ago. Moyers has a lot of liberal political views, such as democratic socialism and support for gay rights.