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On the recordJuly 24, 2019
Many of us, including the then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, believed we were on the brink of a nuclear war.
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Bill Keating
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Keating discusses the fear of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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