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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “My father would call [Robert McNamara] every night and tell…”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published June 25, 2023 | Video Starts at 04:30

McNamara was the secretary of Defense or President Kennedy. And then he stayed on with Johnson, former head of gm, wasn't he? Ford. Ford. And my father was very close. And My father would call [Robert McNamara] every night and tell him, you got to publicly condemn the Vietnam War. And McNamara would say, if I leave here, he'll drop an atom bomb and I gotta stay here and stop him from doing that. (04:30–04:37)

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Asserts that his father urged McNamara to publicly oppose the Vietnam War.

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