Ted Kennedy, LLB Biography |
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Former US Senator (D-MA) |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"But as we also now know beyond doubt, he [Saddam] did not pose the kind of immediate threat to our national security that could possibly justify a unilateral, preventive war without the broad support of the international community. There was no reason whatsoever to go to war when we did, in the way we did, and for the false reasons we were given."
"The Effect of the War in Iraq on America's Security," Remarks delivered at George Washington University, Sep. 27, 2004
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Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
US Senator (D-MA), 1962-Aug. 25, 2009
Chairman, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Member, Armed Services Committee
Member, Judiciary Committee
Member, Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Member, Congressional Friends of Ireland
Trustee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Member, Board of Advisors, Close Up Foundation
President, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
Member, Board of Directors, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1961-1962
Private First Class, US Army, 1951-1953
Recipient, Four Freedoms Medal, 1999 |
| Education: |
LLB, University of Virginia, 1959
Attended International Law School, The Hague, Netherlands, 1958
BA, Harvard University, 1956 |
| Other: |
Legal name is Edward Moore Kennedy
Born on Feb. 22, 1932 in Boston, MA
Died on Aug. 25, 2009 after living for 15 months with an incurable brain tumor |
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