, so my father was part of merical, too. so for one, my father died of cancer at 52. i mean, did secretary mcnamara find out about agent orange, and if he did, when and did he do anything about it, and number two, to my uncle who's still alive, he swears every place he went every battle they fought they won. and now, the war was lost, who is to be blamed? secretary mcnamara. is it -- who is it? >> you're asking about the agent orange program and i'm sure mcnamara authorized it. i don't think the full kons quen -- consequences were known at the time. unfortunately. >> well they -- >> since they've become known, i know that the army set up a huge agent orange task force to try to address the program and try and it's -- if you are affected personally by it, try doesn't mean a great deal, but they have at least tried to -- remedy some of the worst abuses. but at the time, you know, they just came in 55-gallon drums and you threw it around, nobody paid much attention to it. because we just didn't know that that well. and it was -