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  • Vicki Kennedy: The Woman Who Saved Ted

    Their families were longtime friends, and she had once interned in the mailroom of his Senate office. Still, Ted Kennedy and Vicki Reggie were a most unlikely match

  • Kennedy Memoir Set for September Release

    The Senator's autobiography, 'True Compass,' will tell the story of his life, personal and political. Its publisher expects a best seller

  • Ted Kennedy's Senate Career: The Ultimate Pragmatist

    Of all the strengths that made him probably the most effective U.S. Senator in a century, none was greater than Ted Kennedy's pragmatism have seen in a century, none was greater than Ted Kennedy's pragmatism

  • Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009: The Brother Who Mattered Most

    His brothers Jack and Bobby are part of modern American mythology, but Ted may just be the Kennedy who mattered most

  • Joe Klein: How Ted Kennedy Found Himself

    His family defined political style and vigor for a generation of politicians. But for years, Ted Kennedy seemed to writhe in the public eye

  • Sorensen on Kennedy: The 'Kid Brother' Who Grew Up

    Going from "kid brother" to senior statesman was an extraordinary journey for Ted Kennedy, matching the similar journeys taken by his brothers John and Robert

  • Bob Shrum Recalls Ted Kennedy's Greatest Speech

    The late Senator's former press secretary and speech writer recalls some of the greatest public and private moments in Ted Kennedy's life

  • Why Obama Reappointed Bernanke to the Fed

    Now that the markets have rebounded and the worst of the downturn appears to be over, Barack Obama had no choice but to reappoint Federal Reserve Chairmain Ben Bernanke

  • How Abortion Could Imperil Health-Care Reform

    Obama claims that reform will not mean government funding of abortions. But it does mark a change in policy that has some antiabortion Democrats up in arms

  • Five Questions for the CIA IG's Interrogation Report

    The declassified CIA Inspector General's report on the Bush Administration's interrogation program is expected to answer some of the pressing questions that remain over the agency use of coercive techniques on terror detainees

  • Key Dems' Ethical Clouds Could Haunt Pelosi

    One of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's favorite boasts is that she "cleaned out the swamp of Washington," but with key members of her own party dogged by ethical clouds, those words could come back to haunt her

  • Blackwater Hit Squads: What Was the CIA Thinking?

    We will probably find out that Blackwater's assassination work was more about bilking the U.S. taxpayer than it was about killing Osama bin Laden or other al-Qaeda leaders

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