Source: “How Teddy Kennnedy Hampered Reagan’s Cold War Effortsâ€, by Paul Kengor, Human Events, February 19, 2007, page 16. Hardcopy: Copy of the Kengor article. Where: Immediately following a debate with Ronald Reagan on the subject of the Vietnam War on the CBS TV and radio networks. Historian David Halberstam said the general consensus was that Reagan “destroyed†Kennedy. When: May 15, 1967. Contributor: AIM Category: Miscellaneous