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President, Sinn Féin Party
Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland
Ireland's foreign minister
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/Health at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Founder and president of the Alliance for Justice
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Professor, Harvard University; president of Americans for Democratic Action
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Journalist, White House Press Corps
Senator, Massachusetts
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
Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, 1977–79
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
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
Senator, Iowa; staffer for Edward Kennedy; friend
Senator, Iowa; staffer for Edward Kennedy; friend
Senator, Iowa; Legislative Assistant to Edward Kennedy; friend
Communications Director for Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Senator, Missouri; US Permanent Representative to United Nations
Senate Majority Leader; Senator, South Dakota
Campaign aide
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan
Attorney; Kennedy volunteer; friend of Edward Kennedy
Senator, Kansas
Press secretary and chief of staff for Edward Kennedy
Assistant Attorney General; Civil Rights Advocate
Campaign aide
Governor, Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee
Senator, Missouri
Domestic policy advisor to Jimmy Carter
Senator, Wyoming
Special Correspondent, Associated Press
Reporter, The Boston Globe
AIDS Researcher
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; chief of staff to EMK
Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Assistant United States Attorney; Staffer for Robert Kennedy
Aide to Senator Mike Mansfield
Executive Director, Committee for National Health Insurance
Prime Minister of Ireland
Cousin of Edward Kennedy; Lawyer
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Senator, Georgia
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy
Diplomat and Harvard faculty member
Cousin
Cousin and lifelong friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Cousin and lifelong friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Staffer for Edward Kennedy
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Health
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio
Copresident of National Women’s Law Center
Chief Education Advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Speechwriter, Advisor to Edward and Robert Kennedy
Speechwriter, Advisor to Edward and Robert Kennedy
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Friend; Campaign Manager
Activists; Parents of Fallen Soldier (PFC. John Hart)
Education staff director for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Journalist, The Boston Globe
Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
Personal friend of Senator Ted Kennedy
Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party President
Foreign Policy Adviser to Edward Kennedy
Chairman, Massachusetts Democratic Party
Senior healthcare advisor under Bill Clinton
President, Center on Education Policy
Civil rights policy adviser to Edward Kennedy
EMK staffer; healthcare specialist
EMK staffer; healthcare specialist
Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Edward Kennedy
Senator, Kansas
Soviet Refuseniks
Attorney General