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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
U.S. Assistant Attorney General; Secretary of Labor; Democratic National Committee Chair
U.S. Assistant Attorney General; Secretary of Labor; Democratic National Committee Chair
U.S. Assistant Attorney General; Secretary of Labor; Democratic National Committee Chair
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter
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
Campaign Manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign; White House Senior Advisor
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
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
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
Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
State Department’s Director of Policy Planning
Middle East Envoy
Senior Advisor to the President; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Senior Advisor to the President; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Director of National Economic Council; Secretary of Treasury
Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
Senator, New Hampshire
Donald Rumsfeld: Secretary of Defense
Victoria Clarke: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Lawrence Di Rita: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Richard Myers: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Victoria Clarke: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Lawrence Di Rita: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Richard Myers: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director of Presidential Appointments and Scheduling; Chief of Staff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota
Health-care staffer
Chief Justice, US District Court for Massachusetts; Staffer for Edward Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator, Tennessee
Historian and Family Friend
Secretary of Energy
Peace Corps Director; Kennedy Staffer
Peace Corp Director; Kennedy Staffer
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor
Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Chief of Staff for Clinton's 1992 Campaign; CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)
Journalist and family friend
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wife of US Ambassador to Ireland William V. Shannon; family friend
Senior Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Health and Scientific Research; Massachusetts Deputy Health Commissioner; President, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Senior Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Health and Scientific Research; Massachusetts Deputy Health Commissioner; President, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Niece and Nephew (also Godson) of Edward Kennedy
Speechwriter/press secretary
Speechwriter/press secretary
Secretary of State
White House Press Secretary
Senator, Wyoming
Senator, Wyoming
Secretary of Transportation; White House Chief of Staff
U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
John Snow: Secretary of the Treasury
Chris Smith: Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the Treasury
Chris Smith: Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the Treasury
Foreign Policy Director for the Clinton/Gore 1992 Campaign; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Alternate Representative to the United Nations
Foreign policy adviser to Senator Kennedy
State Department Legal Advisor
Family friend; advisor
Family friend; advisor
Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; White House Political Director; Counselor to the President; Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy
Director of Edward M. Kennedy’s Boston office