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Senate Majority Leader; Senator, South Dakota
Senator, South Dakota
Deputy Chief of Staff
Campaign aide
Assistant to the President; White House Communications Director
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan
Attorney; Kennedy volunteer; friend of Edward Kennedy
Senator, Kansas
Press secretary and chief of staff for Edward Kennedy
Assistant Attorney General; Civil Rights Advocate
Campaign aide
Chief of Staff to the Office of Ronald Reagan
Governor, Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee
United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Majority Staff Director of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
Senator, Missouri
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Ambassador to Turkey; Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Counselor to HHS Secretary, Donna Shalala
Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy
Domestic policy advisor to Jimmy Carter
Trip Coordinator in White House travel office; Assistant Press Secretary; Personal Assistant
Senator, Wyoming
Special Correspondent, Associated Press
Secretary of Agriculture
Reporter, The Boston Globe
AIDS Researcher
Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia; Member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff for East Asia and the Pacific
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia; Member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff for East Asia and the Pacific
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; chief of staff to EMK
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Assistant United States Attorney; Staffer for Robert Kennedy
Aide to Senator Mike Mansfield
White House Counsel
White House Counsel
Executive Director, Committee for National Health Insurance
Prime Minister of Ireland
Cousin of Edward Kennedy; Lawyer
White House Press Secretary
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Senator, Georgia
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Secretary of Commerce
Commander in Chief, United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Personal Assistant to the President, Trip Director, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy to the Americas
Personal Assistant to the President, Trip Director, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy to the Americas
Domestic Policy Advisor to the Clinton Transition, Founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council
Domestic Policy Advisor to the Clinton Transition, Founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council
National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
Chief of Staff to Vice President Bush
Diplomat and Harvard faculty member
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
Cousin
Cousin and lifelong friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Cousin and lifelong friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; Deputy National Security Advisor; Director of Central Intelligence
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri; Minority Leader
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Chair of the Republican National Committee; Chair of the Virginia Republican Party; Counselor to the President
Cofounder, Goddard-Claussen
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Health
White House Counsel; Attorney General
Personal Assistant to the President
General counsel of the Department of Defense; Deputy Attorney General
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio
White House Counsel
Copresident of National Women’s Law Center
Media Consultant
Senator, New Hampshire
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Chief Education Advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Speechwriter, Advisor to Edward and Robert Kennedy
Speechwriter, Advisor to Edward and Robert Kennedy
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Special Assistant to the President; National Security Council Staff’s Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Judy Ansley: Senior Director for Europe; Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Programs
J.D. Crouch: Deputy National Security Advisor
Judy Ansley: Senior Director for Europe; Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Programs
J.D. Crouch: Deputy National Security Advisor
Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Friend; Campaign Manager
Campaign Advisor
Assistant to the President for Policy Development; Deputy OMB Director
Activists; Parents of Fallen Soldier (PFC. John Hart)
Education staff director for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
President of Czechoslovakia; President of the Czech Republic