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Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Former Senator, Maryland
Personal Aide to the President; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development; Assistant to the President for Management
Senator, Arizona
Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Aide to Senator Al Gore Sr.; Adviser to Edward Kennedy
Special Trade Representative; Director of the White House Staff
Founder & President, McGinty Scholarship Fund; Board Member, Mass Military Heroes Fund
Professor of History, University of Massachusetts
Senator, South Dakota; former Democratic Presidential nominee
Assistant to the President for Speechwriting
Office of Management and Budget Director
White House Chief of Staff
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White House Staff Secretary; Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; White House Counsel
Senator, Maryland
White House Counsel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Staffer for Kennedy Family
Staffer for Kennedy Family
Editor and Founder, Bay State Banner
Secretary of Transportation
Senate Majority Leader; Senator, Maine
Senator, Maine
Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsel; Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Vice President of the United States
Staffer for Russell Long
Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison
Kennedy staffer; science/technology expert
Kennedy staffer; science/technology expert
Attorney General
White House Press Secretary
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Civil Rights Activist; Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Brooke; Executive Director of the Leadership Council on Civil Rights
Al Gore's 1992 Campaign Manager; Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Deputy White House Chief of Staff
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Director of National Intelligence; U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
Reporter, The Boston Globe
White House Counsel
White House Counsel
Journalist; Liaison between Sinn Fein and the White House
Irish Ambassador to United States; Joint Secretary, British-Irish Secretariat; Irish Consul General (New York)
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Washington correspondent and a columnist for the Boston Globe
Washington correspondent and a columnist for the Boston Globe
Attorney for George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore; U.S. Solicitor General
Personal Assistant to Reagan
Judiciary Committee Staff Attorney for Senator Edward Kennedy
Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM); Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director of Education Policy and Practice with the National Education Association
Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Chief Legislative Assistant for Edward Kennedy
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Secretary of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education; Superintendent of Boston Public Schools
Speaker of the House
Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Defense
Chief of Staff to Edward Kennedy
Mother of Pan-Am Flight 103 Victim, Sarah Phillips
Ambassador to the United Nations; Ambassador to India
Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Planning
Deputy Assistant to the President; Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to Ukraine
Colin L. Powell: Secretary of State
Richard L. Armitage: Deputy Secretary of State
Richard L. Armitage: Deputy Secretary of State
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House Press Secretary
Vice President of the United States
Daughter of Vicki Reggie Kennedy
Son of Vicki Reggie Kennedy
White House Communications Director
Domestic Policy Advisor
Domestic Policy Advisor
Photographer
Father-in-law and mother-in-law; long-time family friends
Father-in-law and mother-in-law; long-time family friends
Attorney General
Former Taoiseach of Ireland
Condoleezza Rice: National Security Advisor; Secretary of State
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Stephen Hadley: Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice: National Security Advisor; Secretary of State
John Bellinger: State Department Legal Advisor
Eliot Cohen: State Department Counselor
Daniel Fried: Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
Jendayi Frazer: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
John Bellinger: State Department Legal Advisor
Eliot Cohen: State Department Counselor
Daniel Fried: Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
Jendayi Frazer: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senator
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senator
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Education
Director of Office of Management and Budget
Governor of Virginia (1982-1986); U.S. Senator
Staffer for Kennedy
Former aide and press assistant to Senator Kennedy
Assistant to the President; Ambassador to Iceland
Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources