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My Second Endorsement

January 30, 2008 By sen-ted-kennedy

As the second-longest serving member in the Senate, I know the importance of experience in government. But as someone who entered the Senate at the age of 30, I want to reiterate what I said on Monday. Barack Obama has more than enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, endorsement, kennedy, massachusetts, obama

A Nation of Laws, Not Men

December 7, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

The news that these CIA tapes were destroyed came the very same week that we learned that as many as ten million White House emails were not preserved, despite a law that requires that they be kept, and at the same time as the President … [Read more...]

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I oppose Michael Mukasey

November 1, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

The Department of Justice lost its way under Alberto Gonzales. It became a rubber stamp for Bush Administration policies -- from torture to warrantless surveillance to unprecedented secrecy -- instead of a staunch defender of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attorney-general, michael-mukasey, senate, ted-kennedy

My Challenge to the President

October 3, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

He says the bill costs too much. But for the price of one day in Iraq, we could cover 256,000 children. One week would cover 1.8 million children. And just over one month of the Iraq war would cover the full cost of the bill and insure 10 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, kennedy, national, schip, senate, veto

How we fix the student loan system

July 18, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

Recent investigations have uncovered misbehavior by the lending industry, often in cahoots with colleges, at the expense of students. Federal law is intended to protect students by guaranteeing that loans must help students, not produce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: college-affordability, education, legislation, national, senate, student-loans

UPDATED: A better solution (now with video and audio)

March 13, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

Community activists scrambled to locate the children, offer infant-care tips to parents unfamiliar with warming a formula or changing a diaper. One baby who was breast-feeding had to be hospitalized for dehydration because her mother … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: immigration, kennedy

Escalation: It Is Not Up To Him

January 9, 2007 By sen-ted-kennedy

The American people know, and our generals agree, that a military escalation in Iraq would not strengthen our national security – instead it would further weaken it by enabling the Iraqis to avoid taking responsibility for their own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: iraq, national

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