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U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy testifying before a Senate subcommittee on elections and...
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U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy (center) during an investigation into alleged communist...
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Roy Cohn (left) consulting with U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy hearings.
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