Robert McNamara, 93, RIP

Mon., July 6, 2009

ORG XMIT: NY116 FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 file photo, Robert McNamara, right, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, makes a point as Peter Almond, center, co-producer of the film "Thirteen Days," looks on during a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, July 6, 2009, according to his wife. He was 93. Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to President Kennedy, is at left (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (Steven Senne / The Spokesman-Review)

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

In a February 2001 file photo, Robert McNamara, right, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, makes a point as Peter Almond, center, co-producer of the film “Thirteen Days,” looks on during a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, July 6, 2009, according to his wife. He was 93. Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to President Kennedy, is at left. Story here . (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Question: Did his life after the Vietnam War erase his involvement as its chief architect?

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