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I join the Ted Cruz club.
(And yes my late father-in-law, a legendary foreign correspondent, was indeed present when Ruby shot Oswald - as he was present in the most dangerous streets of Algiers in 1962, in Vietnam in 1965, Biafra 1970 ... he was that kind of a reporter.)
His memoirs are still available in digital format, thanks to a new edition enabled by @dcrittenden1 kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lo…
Pete traveled into Biafra aboard an ancient two-engine prop plane carrying humanitarian aid. He was playing chess with an aid worker when .... sputter cough ... one of the engines failed mid-ocean. He famously hesitated, thought, and said: "This seems a good time to castle."
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