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Intro to Political Science

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Watergate was a major political scandal in the early 1970s that stemmed from a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement. The scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon and has since become synonymous with political corruption and abuse of power.

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