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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
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
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
Director of Edward M. Kennedy’s Boston office
Margaret Spellings: Director of the Domestic Policy Council; Secretary of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
Secretary of Education
Chief Education Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Campaign Advisor
Director of Policy Planning (State Department); Deputy National Security Advisor
Assistant to the president and White House staff secretary
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Staff Director, Senate National Science Foundation Subcommittee; Legislative Correspondent to Senator Kennedy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education; Assistant to the President for Communications
White House Chief of Staff
White House Chief of Staff
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics (or New Independent States); Deputy Secretary of State
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Family friend; Massachusetts politics
Personal Advisor; Chief Campaign Scheduler; Advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton
Attorney General
Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Deputy National Security Advisor 2003–04; Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor 2004–08
Campaign aide
Attorney; Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Senator, California
Senator, California; friend
Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; Director of the Voice of America
Special Assistant to the Attorney General; Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations
Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations & other positions
Foreign Policy Adviser to Edward Kennedy; Founder of US-Ireland Alliance
Soviet Refusenik
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
White House Counsel
Senator, Virgina
Transition Director
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
FBI Director; Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Speechwriting; Deputy Assistant to the President and Head of White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Senator, Connecticut; Governor, Connecticut
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Army; Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
Director, United States Information Agency
Chief Counsel for Senator Philip Hart on the Judiciary Committee
Member of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Judiciary Committee Staff
Member of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Judiciary Committee Staff
Speechwriter; Senior Advisor for Special Projects
Campaign manager for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee