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Portions of Kennedy FBI File May Stay Family Secret
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 12) -- What secrets still remain about one of America's most famous public figures? Before the FBI releases 3,000 pages of its file on Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, the family of the late political icon will have a chance to review them and make its case to keep some portions from being made public. The release of this first installment of Kennedy's file comes in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests made following the senator's death from brain cancer in 2009 at the age of 77. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Ted Kennedy's family will have the opportunity to ...
Obama Puts Prestige on Line for Senate Candidate Coakley
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON (Jan. 17) - His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a sinking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan, while the White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to pass the legislation quickly in case of a loss. "Understand what's at stake here Massachusetts. It's whether we're going forward or going backwards," the president said, the urgency clear in his voice during a rally for embattled nominee Martha Coakley as he tried to energize his dispirited base in this Democratic stronghold. "If you were fired up ...
Michelle Obama Gets Birthday Surprise
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 19) - President Barack Obama has treated first lady Michelle Obama to a surprise birthday party at a tony Washington restaurant known for its commitment to organically grown food. Surprising the birthday girl Saturday night at Restaurant Nora in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood were her mother Marian Robinson and friends, including Attorney General Eric Holder, White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Jocelyn Frye, who is a domestic policy adviser to both the president and first lady. Mrs. Obama walked into the restaurant in a dark, knee-length frock. President Obama ...
The Kennedy Brothers: Rest in Peace
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyIt took 46 years, but the three youngest Kennedy brothers are united again, the first anniversary since that horrifying November day in Dallas that they have rested in the same hallowed ground. It is often said that Americans of all ages remember where they were on November 22, 1963, that grim Friday when President Kennedy and the dream of Camelot were taken from us. Five years later, in a hotel lobby in Los Angeles, Bobby was cut down, an unthinkable sequel to us; a nightmare to a clan that had already lost its oldest son, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., in World War II. ...
Ted Kennedy Death Tips Dominoes in Senate Leadership
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe emotional impacts of Sen. Ted Kennedy's death are hard to quantify, but the question of who will lead his old committee was answered Wednesday. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) will take the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, which Kennedy chaired. Harkin has been a member of the committee for 22 years, since Kennedy recruited him to join it. In a twist, though, Sen. Chris Dodd (D.-Conn.) said he would continue to lead the committee on the health care reform bill, since he had taken over the process at Kennedy's request months ago. The HELP committee is one of two ...
Kennedy Memoir: Chappaquiddick Actions 'Inexcusable'
By Cliff Foster - Politics DailyThe late Sen. Edward Kennedy expressed remorse over the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, said he accepted the findings of the Warren Commission, and told Bill Clinton he would stand by him after the former president confessed to his affair with Monica Lewinsky, according to Kennedy's soon-to-be released memoir. The New York Times obtained a copy of the 532-page book, "True Compass," scheduled to be published Sept. 14. In it, Kennedy, who died Aug. 25 at age 77, talked about his battle against the brain cancer that claimed his life and his "self-destructive drinking." Among other issues cited by ...
Kennedy Memoir Already a Bestseller Even Before September Release
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySen. Ted Kennedy's $8 million memoir, "True Compass," is being rushed for release on Sept. 14. The publisher, Hachette Book Group, plans to send 1.5 million copies to bookstores. According to pre-release orders by online booksellers, the Kennedy book is already a bestseller. "True Compass" was originally slated for publication in 2010. Hachette moved up the release date to this October after Kennedy was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. Three weeks ago, the publisher decided to again move up publication to mid-September. The manuscript was only just completed "earlier this summer," a ...
Ted Kennedy's Final Journey
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe motorcade carrying Sen. Ted Kennedy's body traveled Thursday from his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., through Boston, to his late brother's presidential library and museum, where mourners lined up to say goodbye to a man known as the Lion of the Senate. Some 85 members of the storied Kennedy family -- covering several generations of the nation's most famous political clan -- gathered for a private Mass at the Cape Cod family compound before Kennedy began his final journey. Kennedy's widow, Victoria, stood at the front of the assembled family, with Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving ...
Thanks, Ted, From the War Zone
By David Wood - Politics DailyFORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- Jouncing along a dusty road the other day in one of the huge armored trucks called MRAPs, built to protect troops from bomb blast, I had a sudden vision of Ted Kennedy's intense blue eyes boring into mine. The senator was furious – luckily, not at me. It was January 2007, and he was holding a copy of an article I'd written a few days earlier from Iraq, which reflected the growing concerns of Marines in Anbar Province about IEDs. Some of the Marines I'd talked with had mentioned bomb-resistant vehicles, and they wanted some – lots of ...
Kennedy Could Be the Key to Party Unity on Health
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWhen President Obama and Congress return next month to confront tough choices on health reform, will Sen. Edward Kennedy's death be the catalyst for finally achieving what he called the cause of his life, health care for all? It's possible, but we don't know yet exactly how. ...
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