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Editor quits Stars and Stripes over censorship clash
Washington based Stars and Stripes civilian editor resigned after Pentagon pressure to kill a news story about a Patriot anti missile unit deployment to Israel. The Post later ran the same information. The publisher cited classified material and government control as reasons, while a Pentagon official defended the censorship as proper.
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Stars & Stripes
U.S
Pentagon
Washington Post
David Offer
Post
Germany
Israel
Iraq
Offer
Thomas E. Kelsch
Kelsch
Stripes
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Newport Daily News
Rhode Island
Jon R. Anderson
Clifford Bernath
Armed Forces Information Service