"The Nixon White House responded to Kerry's critical testimony by searching for and recruiting veterans who could counter Kerry's narrative. Impressed with one of O'Neill's appearances, Nixon's special counsel Charles Colson arranged for O'Neill and Nixon to meet on June 16. They spent almost an hour in the Oval Office, strategizing about how to stop Kerry. After the meeting, Colson and O'Neill began challenging Kerry to debate O'Neill on live television. Kerry agreed to a June 30 debate on the Dick Cavett Show on ABC."
Kerry's crewmates called him a coward. He received 3 purple hearts for very minor and possibly self-inflicted injuries, allowing him to return stateside after only 4 months in Vietnam.
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