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The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Yemen
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Democracy
People

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