Profile In Courage Awards Given Out

12 May 2008

Profile In Courage Awards Given Out

Two election officials and a former governor were honored Monday at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester with Profile in Courage Awards.

"… Kennedy profile in courage Award is given out by Caroline Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy. This year to former Mississippi governor William winter. Honored for his work in education reform helping to close the racial gap in public schools. The -- two recipients are both secretary of State's recognized for challenging the reliability of their electronic voting systems. Debra Bowen of California and Jennifer Brunner of Ohio faced major obstacles and political pressures leading up to the presidential primaries. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars updating …" at 0:24

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2 Jun 2008

Kennedy Biographer Talks About Cancer Fight

Given Sen. Ted Kennedy's course of treatment, it may be a while before he is back on the Senate floor or on the campaign trail. What will that mean for the state and the country? NewsCenter 5's Liz Brunner talked to the man who has written Kennedy's biography to date.

"… Former New York Times journalist and author Adam Clymer has known Senator Ted Kennedy for quite awhile now. …" at 0:32

"… Kennedy when he was starting and for our -- me for a touchdown pass on deflection him again and -- I covered him a lot covering congress our current congress for most of four. …" at 0:39

"… whose word is terribly important I mean that a federal employees were Obama certainly am perhaps were came -- What we want help them -- from on what are you confined now. …" at 1:45

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1 Dec 2008

Kennedy Honored At Harvard

Sen. Ted Kennedy joined an elite group Monday with a special honor from Harvard University.

"… and circumstance at Harvard University this afternoon you know rare special complications Senator Ted Kennedy honored for his decades of work in the US senate. He's -- who -- live in Cambridge where an upbeat Kennedy returned to his I'm not a good afternoon and it's. -- …" at 0:00

"… honorary degree. A doctor of -- Kennedy's short but poignant speech acknowledged Barack Obama is his story collection. And that perhaps liberalism is no longer a dirty word. …" at 1:53

"… today we're Kennedy's senate colleague John Kerry Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. US Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer who began his career as a staffer for Kennedy delivered a special tribute he said one of the most important pieces of …" at 2:41

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