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Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy

January 28, 2009 - 03:25 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Harvard Law fills ranks of counsel's office

The latest round of White House staff appointments -- specifically in the counsel's office -- have a Massachusetts tinge to them. Matthew Kennedy, a grandson of President John F. Kennedy and great nephew of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, will be...

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January 26, 2009 - 05:30 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Still a honeymoon for Obama

President Obama's honeymoon is continuing unabated through a busy first week in office, overturning a series of controversial Bush administration policies through executive orders. Gallup says his 69 percent approval rating is second to only John F. Kennedy's 72 percent...

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 18:00

Kennedy accepts degree, hails Obama election as turning point for country

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

CAMBRIDGE - Flanked by his wife, a Supreme Court Justice who happens to be his former staffer, a world-renowned cellist and the president of Harvard University, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy accepted an honorary degree from Harvard University on Monday.

In his remarks in front of a packed house that included Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Kennedy emphasized how special the timing of this award is coming right on the heels of President-elect Barack Obama's victory in November.

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Tue, 08/26/2008 - 17:25

After 50 years of DNC conventions, Sorensen gets poetic

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=870|title=Ted Sorensen|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=150|height=209]The Kennedy presence at the Democratic National Committee Convention persisted this evening as Ted Sorensen, a special counselort to President John F. Kennedy, took the dais shortly after 5:30 p.m.

"In my more than 50 years of national Democratic conventions," the famous speechwriter said, "this is one of the most important."

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