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The Watergate Scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972-74. It resulted from a break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.

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