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Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
State Department’s Director of Policy Planning
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Senior Advisor to the President; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Senior Advisor to the President; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Director of National Economic Council; Secretary of Treasury
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Donald Rumsfeld: Secretary of Defense
Victoria Clarke: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Lawrence Di Rita: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Richard Myers: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Victoria Clarke: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Lawrence Di Rita: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Richard Myers: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Director of Presidential Appointments and Scheduling; Chief of Staff
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Chief Justice, US District Court for Massachusetts; Staffer for Edward Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Historian and Family Friend
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Peace Corps Director; Kennedy Staffer
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Peace Corp Director; Kennedy Staffer
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project
Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Chief of Staff for Clinton's 1992 Campaign; CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Wife of US Ambassador to Ireland William V. Shannon; family friend
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Health and Scientific Research; Massachusetts Deputy Health Commissioner; President, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Health and Scientific Research; Massachusetts Deputy Health Commissioner; President, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Niece and Nephew (also Godson) of Edward Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Speechwriter/press secretary
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Speechwriter/press secretary
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
White House Press Secretary
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Secretary of Transportation; White House Chief of Staff
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
John Snow: Secretary of the Treasury
Chris Smith: Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the Treasury
Chris Smith: Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the Treasury
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Foreign Policy Director for the Clinton/Gore 1992 Campaign; Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Alternate Representative to the United Nations
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Foreign policy adviser to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Family friend; advisor
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Family friend; advisor
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; White House Political Director; Counselor to the President; Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Director of Edward M. Kennedy’s Boston office
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Director of Edward M. Kennedy’s Boston office
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Hendrik Hertzberg: Speechwriter
Christopher Matthews: Speechwriter
Achsah Nesmith: Speechwriter
Gordon Stewart: Speechwriter
Christopher Matthews: Speechwriter
Achsah Nesmith: Speechwriter
Gordon Stewart: Speechwriter
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project
Margaret Spellings: Director of the Domestic Policy Council; Secretary of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
Holly Kuzmich: Staffer on Domestic Policy Council; Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Chief Education Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Director of Policy Planning (State Department); Deputy National Security Advisor
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Assistant to the president and White House staff secretary
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Staff Director, Senate National Science Foundation Subcommittee; Legislative Correspondent to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Secretary of Health and Human Services
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education; Assistant to the President for Communications
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
White House Chief of Staff
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
White House Chief of Staff
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics (or New Independent States); Deputy Secretary of State
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Civil Rights Attorney; General Counsel, US Commission on Civil Rights
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Family friend; Massachusetts politics
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Personal Advisor; Chief Campaign Scheduler; Advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Deputy National Security Advisor 2003–04; Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor 2004–08
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Attorney; Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; Director of the Voice of America
George H. W. Bush Oral History Project
Special Assistant to the Attorney General; Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations & other positions
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Foreign Policy Adviser to Edward Kennedy; Founder of US-Ireland Alliance
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Soviet Refusenik
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Senior national security advisor to Senator Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
FBI Director; Director of Central Intelligence
Ronald Reagan Oral History Project
Deputy Director for Speechwriting; Deputy Assistant to the President and Head of White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
George W. Bush Oral History Project
Senator, Connecticut; Governor, Connecticut
Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
Secretary of the Army; Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Bill Clinton Presidential History Project
Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
Jimmy Carter Oral History Project