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9. He's certainly old enough to have been aware of the outrage over RFK's apppointment.

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 09:55 PM

Jan 2017

I'm younger by a few years, but it was quite the controversy at the time. Of course, I'm one of those people who pay attention to things.

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