On June 5, 1968, a young Palestinian immigrant, Sirhan Sirhan, assassinated New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy as he walked through the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy was the younger brother of assassinated thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, who had appointed Robert as attorney general during his administration. Robert Kennedy went on to the senate, winning reelection in 1964.He had declared his own candidacy for the democratic nomination early in 1968. He had become a spokesman for liberal democrats, a critic of President Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policy, and an Israel supporter. By early June of that year, Kennedy had won five presidential primaries, including the one in California. Pleased with the results, he spoke to his aides and followers for a few minutes before leaving the hotel. As he left through a downstairs kitchen hallway, Kennedy was shot eight times from close range. The shooter...