In 1971, Mike Gravel conducted a one-man filibuster against the Vietnam-era draft and read 4,100 pages of the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Sources
- Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91 (apnews.com)
- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/27/1010702706/mike-gravel-former-alaska-senator-and-anti-war-advocate-dies-at-age-91 (npr.org)
- https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/06/27/former-alaska-sen-mike-gravel-who-read-pentagon-papers-into-congressional-record-dies-at-91/ (militarytimes.com)
- https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/560425-former-alaska-sen-mike-gravel-who-read-pentagon-papers-into-congressional/ (thehill.com)
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