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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 Legacy

Bobby Kennedy was on Joe McCarthy's committee for a total of seven months. He opened an investigation into how allies like Norway were trading with communist China. But he understood it as long as Roy Cohn was the chief counsel, he really wasn't going to rise in that committee. So eventually, he got off of the committee and still wanted to hunt commies, but he did so for the Democrats.

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