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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Edward Kennedy
Edward ("Ted") Moore Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is a United States Senator.
He was elected to the Senate from the state of Massachusetts in 1962 to fill the vacant seat left by his brother, John F. Kennedy, upon the latter's becoming President of the United States.
Kennedy, a Democrat, has been re-elected to the seat ever since.
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  Encyclopedia: Edward Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, (born February 22, 1932, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Ted Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts in 1962 to fill the seat left vacant by his oldest brother, John F. Kennedy, upon the latter's election as president of the United States, and has successfully run for re-election in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000.
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 Ted Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1962, Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts special election to fill the seat left vacant by his oldest brother, John, upon the latter's election as President of the United States.
Kennedy was criticized for driving drunk, for failing to come to Kopechne's aid, for failing to summon help, for contacting not the police but his lawyer first, and for failing to report the accident to the authorities.
Kennedy is now the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Immigration, and remains a strong advocate of high levels of immigration.
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 Ted Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Moore Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, having served since 1963.
Because of Kennedy's personal prominence and his longtime advocacy of liberal principles, he is often regarded as a "lion" of the Democratic Party.
Kennedy was unafraid of criticizing the president who was mired in the Iran hostage crisis.
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Edward ("Ted") Moore Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is a United States Senator.
Kennedy tried to secure the Democratic nomination for the 1980 Presidential election, but despite winning support early in his bid was ultimately unsuccesful.
Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia Law School.
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 Inside Washington: What You Didn't Know About Sen. Edward Kennedy - US News and World Report
Kennedy was born in Boston on Feb. 22, 1932, the last of nine children of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Kennedy was flattered but turned him down to attend law school at the University of Virginia.
Kennedy is a leading liberal legislator on Capitol Hill and a harsh critic of President Bush's Iraq policy.
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 Bambooweb: Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy was elected to the Senate from the state of Massachusetts in 1962 to fill the vacant seat left by his oldest brother, John F. Kennedy, upon the latter's becoming President of the United States, and has been re-elected to the seat ever since.
Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence.
Kennedy had a history of convictions and fines for reckless driving, dating back to when he had been fined $15 for speeding in March 1957.
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 Edward Kennedy
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy was the youngest brother of John and Robert Kennedy.
In 1962, Kennedy was elected to the US Senate, filling the seat vacated by his brother John after his election to the Presidency.
Ted Kennedy became the youngest Senate majority whip in American history in 1969, but his reputation was considerably tainted by scandal.
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 MSN Encarta - Ted Kennedy
Kennedy, Edward M(oore), born in 1932, Democratic member of the United States Senate from Massachusetts (1962- ).
Edward “Ted” Kennedy is known for his championship of social legislation.
The youngest child of American businessman Joseph P. Kennedy, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University and the University of Virginia, from which he received a law degree in 1959.
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 Clare People: Captain Arthur Edward Kennedy
Kennedy was a professional, a government official carrying out his instruction to the letter of the law.
Kennedy's reports that Kilrush's plight was highlighted; most notably by Poulett Scrope M.P., his pleadings lead to the investigation of the Union in May 1850.
Arthur Kennedy had made powerful enemies, (Vandeleur and the guardian of the Poor Law), and it would be safe to say that they may have had a hand in Kennedy's transfer from Kilrush to Kilkenny shortly after he returned from giving evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry in London.
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 CNN.com - Kennedy: Iraq war based on politics - Jan. 15, 2004
In a speech Wednesday, Kennedy said the decision to invade Iraq was grounded in the "gross abuse of intelligence," an "arrogant disrespect for the United Nations" and the GOP's desire to seize control of both houses of Congress in 2002.
Kennedy called the invasion of Iraq "a war of choice, not of necessity" and laid out what he called a timeline of the "drumbeat to war" that he said began in the earliest days of the Bush presidency.
Kennedy said the administration continues to be guided by a "misguided and arrogant foreign policy" that makes the world more dangerous because it increases the threat of terrorism and erodes international of support for the United States.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/kennedy.iraq   (619 words)

  
 Edward Kennedy
Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1956 and then studied at the International Law School (The Hague) and the University of Virginia.
Kennedy withdrew from the contest when he was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident.
In 1979 Kennedy made another attempt to become the Democratic Party presidential candidate but withdrew from the race when it became clear that the public was still concerned about the events on Chappaquiddick Island.
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 Foreign Policy Address by Edward M. Kennedy - Council on Foreign Relations
Senator Kennedy is also deeply involved in all aspects of homeland security and national defense, helping the unemployed, improving secondary and elementary schools and making colleges more affordable, strengthening civil rights laws, assisting individuals with disabilities, improving immigration and environmental laws, and dealing with judicial nominations.
Senator Kennedy is the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in the Senate.
Senator Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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 Edward M. Kennedy - SourceWatch
Edward M. Kennedy (http://kennedy.senate.gov/index_high.html), according to his Congressional biography, "has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate since he was first elected in 1962 to finish the term of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy is currently a leader in the Senate in the effort to amend Medicare to include a prescription drug benefit for senior citizens.
"Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Virginia Law School.
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 Kennedy, John F. --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Kennedy, John F. 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress.
Kennedy, John F. In November 1960, at the age of 43, John F. Kennedy became the youngest man ever elected president of the United States.
The mystique of the Kennedy family in United States politics was due in great part to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the glamorous and attractive wife of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States.
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Edward Kennedy
This photograph, taken in 1988, shows Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy outside his Capitol Hill office.
Kennedy was first elected to the United States Senate in 1962 to complete the unexpired term of his brother John, who left the post to become the country’s president.
In his many years as a senator, Ted Kennedy has earned respect for his well-researched and clearly defined positions on social legislation.
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 Democrats to hear from legendary leader - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com
Kennedy’s long record of liberal advocacy and his involvement in the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, has made him the villain of conservatives for four decades.
Kennedy made a spirited effort in 1980, but he was trying to wrestle the nomination away from the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter, who beat him in one primary after another.
Kennedy’s speech to the convention, written by Democratic wordsmith Bob Shrum, who is now an adviser to Kerry, was one of the most eloquent in modern convention history.
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 YTedK:Ted Kennedy, the truth about Chappaquiddick, and more...
Beginning with his first statement to police (view statement) Kennedy has always maintained that he delayed reporting the accident to authorities because he was "confused and in shock" after the accident.
Apparently, Kennedy had walked past four houses, all of which were occupied the night of the accident, and at least three of which had left lights on, yet he had made no attempt to summon help.
Kennedy guessed that it had been at least 45 minutes since the time of the accident.
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 Edward Kennedy (D) - Politics News Story - WCVB Boston
Kennedy argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights, increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health care easier for the indigent and funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors.
Kennedy wants to raise education standards with skills and training for every American and improve schools and colleges.
Kennedy is the senior Democratic Party member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
www.thebostonchannel.com /politics/10154583/detail.html   (513 words)

  
 Edward Kennedy Quotes
Edward Kennedy Source:http://clanforum.cyaccess.com/YaBB.pl?board=cl_war; action=display;num=1063969074 ''No one questioned whether we were going to have a successful military policy.
Edward Kennedy Source:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/edwardkennedytruth&tolerance.htm The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of religious faith.
Edward Kennedy Source:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/edwardkennedytruth&tolerance.htm The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives.
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 Kennedy eyes suit on Pryor=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has asked his staff to put together a case that he hopes will prove that President Bush’s recess appointment of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the U.S. Court of Appeals was unconstitutional.
Kennedy, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said he believes that only when Congress adjourned sine die at the end of a session did a formal recess occur that would allow the president to make a recess appointment.
Kennedy said a key issue would be whether opponents of the recess appointment could gain legal standing in court.
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 CNN.com - Kennedy: Airline security risk? - Aug 19, 2004
Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, was a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention last month.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, may be one of the most recognizable politicians in the world, but that didn't stop some airport screeners from treating him as a potential security risk.
Kennedy spokesman David Smith told CNN that the person at the counter called a supervisor, who quickly recognized Kennedy and made sure he was allowed on the flight.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/19/kennedy.airlines   (496 words)

  
 Michael Barone
Kennedy, at 30, was seeking to win the Senate seat his brother John had held and which a family friend named Benjamin Smith had occupied for two years as a placeholder until the younger Kennedy reached the constitutional minimum age.
I didn't know it, and I suspect Kennedy didn't know it that night, but a star was born: a senator now in his fifth decade of service who has been the great tribune for liberal causes, and a skillful and politically canny and productive legislator.
As Kennedy's speech wound on, he began to appeal to the "Bush lied" crowd with some clever allusions and made the obligatory salute to the junior colleague he long had little use for, John Kerry.
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 NPR : National Press Club -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Democrat Edward M. Kennedy is the third-most senior member of the U.S. Senate, representing Massachusetts for 40 years.
Health care and civil rights have dominated Kennedy's legislative agenda, and he is currently the ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Kennedy has also been active on education reform, raising the minimum wage, the environment and strengthening the rights of the disabled.
www.npr.org /programs/npc/2003/030121.ekennedy.html   (360 words)

  
 Contributors | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late president, sold the nine-bedroom house owned by her parents for $3 million in 2003, albeit to her uncle, Senator Kennedy, thereby keeping the property in the family.
In 2003, Ethel Kennedy put up for sale the sprawling antebellum home in McLean, Va., where she and her late husband were raising their huge family when RFK was gunned down in 1968.
The most recent example of Kennedy reversals could be seen at a Columbus Day weekend fundraiser at the compound given by Edward Kennedy for Deval Patrick, the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts.
www.projo.com /opinion/contributors/content/projo_20061022_22cole.289e324.html   (1004 words)

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