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Director of the National Security Agency; Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Journalist, The Boston Globe
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Director of the National Economic Council
Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
John Hilley: Director of Legislative Affairs; Lawrence Stein: Director of Legislative Affairs
United States Trade Representative
Personal friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party President
Foreign Policy Adviser to Edward Kennedy
White House Physician
Chairman, Massachusetts Democratic Party
Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Jennings: Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy; Lambrew: associate director at the Office of Management and Budget; senior health analyst at the National Economic Council
Senior healthcare advisor under Bill Clinton
President, Center on Education Policy
Commander of the Pacific Fleet; Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel; Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Civil rights policy adviser to Edward Kennedy
EMK staffer; healthcare specialist
EMK staffer; healthcare specialist
Advisor; White House Chief of Staff
Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability; Advisor to the President on Inflation
Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Edward Kennedy
Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
U.S. Trade Representative; Secretary of Commerce
Senator, Kansas
Soviet Refuseniks
Attorney General
Deputy in the Presidential Personnel Office
Personal Assistant to the President
Wife of Senator Kennedy, Attorney, Democratic activist
Secretary of State; Senator, Massachusetts; 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee
Staffer for Orrin Hatch; Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Chief Speechwriter
Special Assistant to the President (NSC); Special Envoy to Afghanistan; United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations
Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison; Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
President of South Korea
Advisor; Close Friend to President Carter
Special Assistant to Edward Kennedy; DNC Chairman; Senator, Massachusetts
Special Assistant to Edward Kennedy; DNC Chairman; Senator, Massachusetts
Secretary of Commerce
Deputy Director for the Presidential Transition; Chairman of Clinton-Gore 1996 Reelection Committee
Education Advisor to George W. Bush
Medical Researcher
Cultural Policy Advisor; Senior Counselor
Personal Aide to the President
Chief Speechwriter
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor
Campaign Advisor; Office of Management and Budget Director
Senator, Nevada
Senator, Vermont
General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy ; Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
Columnist, The New York Times
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Former Director for National Partnershp for Women and Families
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
White House Press Secretary
Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs in Eisenhower & Kennedy administrations
Senator, Mississippi
Senator, Indiana
Director of Operations for United States Central Command (CENTCOM); Director of Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
Legislative Assistant to Edward Kennedy; Civil Rights Attorney
Journalist and television correspondent
Healthcare policy advisor in the Bill Clinton White House
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Press Secretary for Edward Kennedy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor
Staffer for Edward Kennedy