Robert McNamara 1916-2009
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Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defence from 1961 to 1968, on a visit to the US Marine airfield in South Vietnam in 1965. McNamara served in World War Two before rising to become president of Ford. He was headhunted by President John F Kennedy.
One of the main architects of the Vietnam war died at his home in Washington today
