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Ep. 69: Bobby Kennedy and His Enemies (Part 1)

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Bobby Kennedy's Loyalty to Joe McCarthy

Bobby Kennedy's loyalty to Joe McCarthy in a moment when he was at his lowest, maybe is there something admirable about it? He worked behind the scenes with Lyndon Johnson to make the hearings on TV and as disadvantageous to McCarthy as possible. "I don't know if I'm could be persuaded this," says historian Julian Zelizer.

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