In his Labor Department days under President John Kennedy, he managed to rewrite the architectural standards for government buildings and to launch the rehabilitation of Pennsylvania Avenue into what is now nearing completion as the grand ceremonial thoroughfare of the Republic. As a senator, Moynihan...
Kennedy became a national figure after his brothers, President John F. Kennedy and presidential hopeful Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, were assassinated in the 1960s. Many Americans still yearned for a Kennedy who could occupy the White House, and they looked to the youngest of the Kennedy brothers ...
for reprinting a gossip item suggesting muskie’s wife, jane, liked cocktails and dirty jokes. an even larger assist was warren beatty, whose political associations went back to john kennedy, who’d wanted him to star in the movie version of pt-109. that hadn’t worked out, but he’d ...
and was re-elected two years later. On Capitol Hill he supported a generally liberal agenda and established some important friendships, including with SenatorJohn F. Kennedyand his younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy.
John Bass will temporarily fill in for her. … Dan Black is now a VP at Lot Sixteen. He most recently was chief of staff to Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and is a Joe Kennedy III alum. … Jared DeWese is now the press secretary for The NewDEAL Leaders. He most recently was ...
Senators Ted Kennedy, Joe Lieberman and John McCain speak to one another before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing the war in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2008. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters By his own admission, McCain’s long career has been marred by a few less-tha...
“I thought the governor would be crazy not to choose Kirsten. Then Caroline Kennedy came along, and I wondered why anyone would take her seriously. It annoyed me: Just because she’s a Kennedy, people think she can do the job. And then I heard Caroline speak, and it was clear this ...