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Kennedy

On anniversary of JFK assassination, memories of his first and only trip to Ireland

Global Politics

Just a few months before his assassination, John F. Kennedy made the first trip by a sitting U.S. President to Ireland. For an Irish Catholic, it was a bit of a homecoming. The Irish greeted him as their hero.

Sen. Ted Kennedy’s legacy

Global Politics

‘The Patriarch’: The Complicated Legacy of Joseph P. Kennedy

New Tapes Show a Different Jackie Kennedy, and the Pressures of Being First Lady

The Life and Legacy of Stetson Kennedy

The World

Patrick Kennedy: Life After Politics Inspired by Father, Sen. Ted Kennedy

Global Politics

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy decided not to seek reelection last year and instead focused his life after politics on an organization called One Mind for Research, a brain research organization inspired by his father, the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

The World

John F. Kennedy inaugural address remembered

Global Politics

Thurston Clark is the author of the book ‘Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America.’ He talks about the power of JFK’s famous speech.

The World

Berlusconi faces prostitution and corruption charges

Global Politics

BBC Rome correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, reports from Italy on the severity of the charges.

The World

Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps leader, dies at 95

Global Politics

Robert Sargent Shriver Junior, brother-in-law to president John F. Kennedy, died yesterday in Bethesda, Md. He was 95.
For more on Sargent Shriver’s legacy is Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University.

The World

Congress convenes without a Kennedy for the first time in nearly 50 years

Global Politics

Todd Zwillich explains the importance of the Kennedy legacy. It is a chapter in history he says has closed only temporarily, until the next generation of Kennedys rises to power in Washington.