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Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy; Special Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations at the National Security Council; NSC Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs
President, Sinn Féin Party
President, Sinn Féin Party
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland
Ireland's foreign minister
President of Finland
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Secretary of State
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Deputy Secretary of Treasury
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/Health at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget
Assistant to the President for Policy Development
Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
Senate Majority Leader; White House Chief of Staff
White House Chief of Staff; Secretary of the Treasury
White House Chief of Staff; Secretary of State
White House Chief of Staff; Secretary of State
Political and Legal Consultant and Family Friend
Director of Speechwriting
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Assistant Attorney General; Deputy Attorney General; Attorney General
U.S. Trade Representative
White House Communications Director, Counselor to the President
Secretary to the Cabinet; Assistant to the President; Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staff Director, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
Deputy Press Secretary to First Lady Barbara Bush; Chief of Staff to George H. W. Bush in his retirement
Professor, Harvard University; president of Americans for Democratic Action
Attorney General
Legal advisor to the National Security Council
Legal advisor to the State Department
Legal advisor to the State Department
Legal advisor to the National Security Council
Legal advisor to the State Department
Legal advisor to the State Department
Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; National Security Advisor
Secretary of Agriculture
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; member of Council of Economic Advisers
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Assistant to the President
Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Chief of Staff
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Assistant to Staff Secretary; Staff Secretary
Director of Legislative Affairs
Presidential Envoy to Iraq; Chief Executive Administrator of the Coalitional Provisional Authority
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Deputy Assistant to the President; Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Assistant to the President; Director of the USA Freedom Corps
Journalist, White House Press Corps
Senator, Massachusetts
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Governor of Arkansas (1971-75); U.S. Senator
Chief of Staff to Edward Kennedy; President of CBS News
Chief of Staff to Edward Kennedy; President of CBS News
Chief of Staff to Robert Dole; Senate Finance Committee Aid
Senator, West Virginia
Political Pollster
Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, 1977–79
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
President of Brazil, 1995-2003
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Secretary of Defense
Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy
President of the United States
General; Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; Senior Coalition Commander in Iraq; Director of the Joint Staff; Director of Strategic Plans and Policy
Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Director of United States Information Agency
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Homeland Security; Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Prime Minister of Canada
Christopher: Secretary of State; Talbott: Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics (or New Independent States) and Deputy Secretary of State (1994-2001)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Secretary of the Interior
Friend of Edward Kennedy
Reporter, The New York Times
Senator, Mississippi
Kennedy supporter; former Postmaster
White House Counsel; Foreign Policy Advisor to Edward Kennedy and Madeline Albright
United States Ambassador to Syria, Pakistan, and Iraq
White House Counsel
Senator, Iowa; staffer for Edward Kennedy; friend
Senator, Iowa; staffer for Edward Kennedy; friend
Senator, Iowa; Legislative Assistant to Edward Kennedy; friend
Personal Secretary to the President
Member of Council of Economic Advisers and National Economic Council
White House Counsel
White House Counsel