During 1962, reporters such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan
A. agreed with Ambassador Frederick Nolting and General Paul Harkins that the U.S. had stemmed the Communist tide in South Vietnam.
B. argued that the U.S. and South Vietnamese governments were losing the war.
C. called on the Kennedy Administration to expand the war by bombing North Vietnam.
D. pressed successfully for direct negotiations between Hanoi and Washington.
E. questioned the importance of containing Communism in South Vietnam.
Answer: B
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