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Massachusetts: Kennedy School Of Government

Thu, 12/04/2008 - 13:30

Tsongas applauds Obama’s cabinet picks for balance of experienced and new thinking

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

CAMBRIDGE - Congresswoman Niki Tsongas on Thursday praised President-elect Barack Obama's selections for his cabinet and said she is glad he is selecting some newer voices as part of his administration.

"I think he's composed a team of rivals of enormous stature and ability," Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, told PolitickerMA.com, referencing Doris Kearns Goodwin's book on President Abraham Lincoln's advisors by that name.

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Thu, 12/04/2008 - 12:55

Newly elected reps hear dismal economic forecast at Harvard conference

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

CAMBRIDGE - Forty newly elected members of Congress gathered Thursday morning to hear some of Massachusetts' finest economists discuss the current crisis and possible remedies.

And one thing became clear very quickly: No one knows a surefire way out of the mess.

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Tue, 06/17/2008 - 14:24

Political heavyweights headline Kennedy School fall fellows

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

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Harvard University's Institute of Politics announced the names of six major political figures on Monday that will be resident fellows at the Kennedy School of Government next fall.

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