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TIL that in the Vietnam War, future Nebraska governor Bob Kerrey was complicit in a raid in which troops under his command killed 21 unarmed civilians, mostly children. He then falsely reported them as guerrillas. According to an American and Vietnamese witness, Kerrey had them shot in cold blood.

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