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February 12, 2010

Ending Family Era, Rep. Kennedy Announces Retirement
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In other news from Washington, Democratic Congress member Patrick
Kennedy has announced he won’t seek reelection in November. Kennedy’s
announcement comes months after the death of his father, Senator Ted
Kennedy. With Patrick Kennedy’s departure and no other Kennedy relative
expected to run, Congress would be without a member of the Kennedy
family for first time in over six decades.



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