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Cohn, chief counsel of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s permanent investigations subcomittee, reads about his resignation. (Photo by Frank Hurley/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Cohn, chief counsel of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s permanent investigations subcomittee, reads about his resignation. (Photo by Frank Hurley/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)