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President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara attend a Cabinet Room meeting in Washington, D.C., February 7, 1968.
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Robert S. McNamara will be remembered most as a man who was instrumental in sending hundreds of thousands of Americans to fight in Vietnam, and who was haunted by his decision for the rest of his life. McNamara, who was defense secretary under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died in Washington Monday at age 93. » read more
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Kim Gish holds her daughter outside her Sacramento homewhich she purchased for $109,000, after it had been foreclosed. The previous owner paid $350,000 in 2005.
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