President Lyndon B. Johnson utilized the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to escalate U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. The resolution was passed by Congress in August 1964 in response to reported attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, allowing Johnson to take military action in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
Which American president used the gulf of Tonkin resolution to fight an undeclared war in Vietnam?
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