S2 Episode 4 - "Secret Honor"

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4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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JFK outmuscles Richard Nixon on Cuba and into the White House. The CIA begins training Cuban exiles in Central America for an invasion. And Fidel pays a visit to Harlem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The first question is from Mr. Niven and his four vice president Nixon.
0:05.2	Mr. Vice President Senator Kennedy said last night that the administration must take responsibility for the loss of Cuba.
0:12.0	First of all, I don't agree with Senator Kennedy that Cuba is lost.
0:15.6	I believe that we are following the right course.
0:18.8	A course which is difficult, but a course which under the circumstances the only proper one,
0:24.6	which will see that the Cuban people get a chance to realize their aspirations of progress through freedom.
0:31.8	No, Cuba is not lost.
0:33.8	And I don't think this kind of defeat is struck by Senator Kennedy helps the situation one bit.
0:38.2	Senator Kennedy, would you care to comment?
0:40.2	In the first place I never suggested that Cuba was lost except for the president.
0:44.2	Off the gardener, a Republican ambassador.
0:47.0	Girls, math, a Republican ambassador in succession.
0:50.2	Both have indicated in the past six weeks that Castro was a Marxist.
0:54.2	The Rayao Castro was a communist and that they got no effective result.
0:59.0	Instead our aid continued to be teased to which was ineffective.
1:02.2	We never were on the side of freedom.
1:04.2	We never used our influence when we could have used it most effectively.
1:07.0	And today, Cuba is lost for freedom.
1:09.4	I hope someday it will rise.
1:11.4	I'm Brendan James.
1:27.0	I'm Noah Colwyn.
1:37.0	And this is episode four, secret honor.
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