“there have been four measles outbreaks this year. In this country last year there were 16. So it”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Ken…
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politics · American politician (born 1954) · radio personality · lawyer · biographer · anti-vaccine activist · blogger · university teacher · politician · jurist · civil servant · also Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, RFK Jr., Robert Kennedy Jr., Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Born 17 January 1954 · Q1352872
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2026· 39 entries
“the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine”
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“s vaccine program, that he should resign or be fired. Marks wrote a resignation letter that lamented Kennedy”
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Mediaite: ‘Sorry About That’: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Autism Talk Interrupted By His Own Quacking Ringtone
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Yahoo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Autism Talk Interrupted By His Quacking Ringtone
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Fergus Falls Daily Journal: ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. - West Central Tribune | News, weather, sports from Willmar Minnesota
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Post Bulletin: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on why he visited Rochester to talk about Project Lifesaver
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The Lufkin Daily News: U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the CDC latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, in Washington
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wonderwall.com: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends $5 salmon cake recipe after CNN price-checks him
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tag24.com: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plays defense after getting called out for lying about rising grocery prices
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Nebraska Public Media: Aug. 21 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits UNMC, party ballot appeal
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thegazette.com: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces that Iowa will be the first state to participate in a federal expansion of support for programs aimed at helping parents overcome addiction and prevent children from entering the foster care
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KLKN-TV: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits UNMC, praises Nebraska’s role in nutrition initiatives - KLKN-TV
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Fenado AI: Satirical Social Media Post Attributed to 'Trump' Depicts Grotesque Narrative Involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Trump eats fast food while traveling ‘because he’s scared of getting food poisoning’
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Omaha World-Herald: Photos: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Davis Global Center - Omaha World-Herald
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Fremont Tribune: Photos: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Davis Global Center
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York News-Times: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold answers questions from the media - York News-Times
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ProtoThema English: Russia places Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, who fought in Ukraine, on wanted list
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts: Cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Trump eats ‘boxes and boxes of McDonald’s’ when traveling ‘because he’s scared of getting food poisoning’
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Iowa Capital Dispatch: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Schools ‘discourage’ students’ physical activity, healthy eating
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Washington Times: Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., placed on Russia’s wanted list for service to Ukraine
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Westside Connect: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes Atwater appearance, touts funds for rural clinics, upgrades at Castle Family Health Services
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Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks | (.gov): Miller-Meeks Hosts HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Newton to Promote Youth Fitness and the Return of the Presidential Fitness Test - Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks | (.gov)
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Sierra Sun Times: As Beef Prices Skyrocket Under President Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows Americans How to Cook ‘Real Food’ for Under $5
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Sierra Sun Times: U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Democrat Colleagues Demand Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Rescind Cancellation of Lifesaving Research Grants That Improve Patient Safety & Care
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23ABC News Bakersfield: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tours Bakersfield program he says could reshape how schools teach kids about food
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Claimed: “The RSV epidemic and Lyme disease came from gain-of-function research.” — rated Baseless by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““There’s 73 studies out there that link Tylenol exposure during later pregnancy and during the perinatal period to autism onset.”” — rated Missing context by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The U.S. has “the highest death rate from COVID of any nation on Earth.”” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “Infertility is genetic. If your parents can’t have kids, neither can you.”” Incorrect Attribution.
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Claimed: “"Teenage males today have less sperm than the average 65-year-old American man.”” — rated Unsupported by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““We just approved two new drugs, two new oncology drugs, in record time, one in 45 days. The closest before that was 310 days.”” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “"The only [vaccines] that have been safety tested in a randomized placebo-controlled trial is the COVID vaccine ... So we do not know whether those vaccines are causing downstream effects."” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If you have a $600 drug and reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the removal of the chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella from supermarket shelves.” False.
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Massachusetts District Court judge Brian Murphy ordered the reversal of all decisions made by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices by Kennedy-appointed panelists
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted to social media, "Dear Oprah, Yes, you were overeating! For years! And it wasn't some mystical 'obesity gene' puppeteering your fork. It was your choices."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., repealed a rule that required nurses to be present around the clock in long-term care facilities.” True.
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2025· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism."” Correct Attribution.
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Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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The Senate confirmed Kennedy as Secretary of Health and Human Services by a vote of 52 to 48, with former Senate Republican Conference leader Mitch McConnell the sole Republican to vote against him
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Kennedy was sworn in as the 26th secretary of health and human services in the Oval Office by Justice Neil Gorsuch
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The Senate Committee on Finance voted 14–13 to forward Kennedy's nomination to a full Senate vote
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025).
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2024· 11 entries
Published video “RFK Jr. Podcast: Corporate Capture Kills Small Business with Lloyd Chapman”.
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Published video “RFK Jr. Podcast: The Future of Food with Farming Pioneer Joel Salatin”.
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Published video “Rogan: psychedelics for veterans”.
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Published video “Charlie Kirk on why 50% of America is obese”.
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Published video “Trump: Free Speech”.
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Published video “United Unstoppable”.
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Published video “Don Jr: RFK will have a role”.
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Published video “Theo Von”.
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Published video “Dave Smith”.
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Published video “Corruption”.
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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2023· 2 entries
Kennedy said he was considering a run for president in 2024: "I am thinking about it
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“I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews.”
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2022· 1 entry
After the plant's closure, carbon emissions from electricity generation in New York state increased by 37%, compared to 2019, before the start of the closure
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2020· 1 entry
“The Truth About Fauci—Featuring Dr. Judy Mikovits,Children's Health Defense (April 20, 2020)”
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2017· 4 entries
Vionx, National Grid and the US Department of Energy completed the installation of advanced flow batteries at Holy Name High School in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts
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Kennedy and his partners sued Monsanto in federal court in San Francisco, on behalf of plaintiffs seeking to recover damages for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases that, the plaintiffs allege, were a result of exposure to Mons
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The firm was part of the trial team that secured a $670 million settlement on behalf of over 3,000 residents from Ohio and West Virginia whose drinking water was contaminated by the toxic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid,
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Kennedy argued that the electricity Indian Point provided could be fully replaced by renewable energy
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2016· 2 entries
Kennedy became counsel to the Morgan & Morgan law firm
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Due to the pressure precipitated by the Futaleufú Riverkeepers campaign against the dams, the Spanish power company Endesa, which owned the right to dam the river, reversed its decision and relinquished all claims to the
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2010· 2 entries
A Pace lawsuit forced ExxonMobil to clean up tens of millions of gallons of oil from legacy refinery spills in Newtown Creek in Brooklyn
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Kennedy began experiencing severe short- and long-term memory loss and mental fog in 2010.
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2008· 2 entries
Kennedy said he did not want New York governor David Paterson to nominate him to the US Senate seat to be vacated by Hillary Clinton, Obama's nominee for Secretary of State
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Appeared in the IMAX documentary film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk, riding the Grand Canyon in a wooden dory with his daughter Kick and anthropologist Wade Davis
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2007· 1 entry
Kennedy was one of three finalists nominated by Public Justice as "Trial Lawyer of the Year" for his role in the $396 million jury verdict against DuPont for contamination from its zinc plant in Spelter, West Virginia
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded American Book Awards (2005).
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Kennedy considered running for New York attorney general in the 2006 election, which would have put him up against his then-brother-in-law Andrew Cuomo, but he ultimately chose not to, despite being considered the front-
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Kennedy clashed with national environmental groups over his opposition to the Cape Wind Project, a proposed offshore wind farm in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (in Nantucket Sound)
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“as they build new miles of pipe, the same company is ignoring its existing infrastructure, which we now know is eroding and is dilapidated”
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2004· 1 entry
The firm was part of a legal team that secured a $70 million settlement for property owners in Pensacola, Florida whose properties were contaminated by chemicals from an adjacent Superfund site
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2001· 3 entries
Men's Journal gave Kennedy its "Heroes" Award for creating the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic
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Bringing dozens of lawsuits targeting mining practices, including mountaintop removal and slurry pond construction, as well as coal-burning utilities' mercury emissions and coal ash piles
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Kennedy & Madonna organized a team of prestigious plaintiff law firms to challenge pollution from industrial pork and poultry production
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2000· 6 entries
When Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a US senator from New York, did not seek reelection to the seat formerly held by Kennedy's father
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Kennedy sued factory farms in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Maryland, and Iowa
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And considered for the role of EPA administrator under John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2008
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Kennedy and the environmental lawyer Kevin Madonna founded the environmental law firm Kennedy & Madonna, LLP, to represent private plaintiffs against polluters
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A majority of Riverkeeper's board sided with Kennedy when he insisted on rehiring William Wegner, a wildlife lecturer and falcon trainer whom the organization's founder and president, Robert H
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Assisted local environmental activists to stop Chaffin Light, a real estate developer, and US engineering giant Bechtel from building a large hotel and resort development that, Kennedy argued, threatened coral reefs a
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1999· 3 entries
“Vermont wants to take its nuclear plant off line and replace it with clean, green power from Hydro-Québec—power available to Massachusetts utilities—at a cost of six cents per kilowatt hour (kwh). Cape Wind electricity, by a conservative estimate and based on figures they filed with the state, comes in at 25 cents per kwh.”
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Kennedy, Chris Bartle and John Hoving created a bottled water company, Keeper Springs, which donated all of its profits to Waterkeeper Alliance
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Kennedy founded the nonprofit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance
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1997· 1 entry
Worked with John Cronin to write The Riverkeepers, a history of the early Riverkeepers and a primer for the Waterkeeper movement
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their discovery of fullerenes.
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Met with Cuban president Fidel Castro to persuade him to halt his plans to construct a nuclear power plant at Juraguá
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy.
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For tax fraud, perjury, and conspiracy to violate wildlife protection laws
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Kennedy advocated for repeal of legislation that he considered unfriendly to the environment
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1993· 1 entry
Kennedy and NRDC, working with the indigenous rights organization Cultural Survival, clashed with other American environmental groups in a dispute about the rights of Indians to govern their own lands in the Oriente regi
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1992· 1 entry
Assisted the Cree Indians of northern Quebec in their campaign against Hydro-Québec to halt construction of some 600 proposed dams on eleven rivers in James Bay
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1991· 1 entry
Kennedy represented environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers in a series of lawsuits against New York City and upstate watershed polluters
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1990· 1 entry
Kennedy assisted indigenous Pehuenches in Chile in a partially successful campaign to stop the construction of a series of dams on Chile's iconic Biobío River
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1987· 2 entries
Kennedy founded the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law, where for three decades he was the clinic's supervising attorney and co-director and Clinical Professor of Law
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Successfully sued Westchester County to reopen the Croton Point Park, which was primarily used by poor and minority communities from the Bronx
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1986· 1 entry
Became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law, and in 1987 he founded Pace's Environmental Litigation Clinic
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1985· 2 entries
Kennedy helped develop the international program for environmental, energy, and human rights of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), traveling to Canada and Latin America to assist indigenous tribes in protectin
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Riverkeeper hired him as senior attorney
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1984· 1 entry
Kennedy began volunteering at the Hudson River Fisherman's Association, renamed Riverkeeper in 1986 after a patrol boat it had built with settlement money from legal victories preceding Kennedy's arrival
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1983· 1 entry
Kennedy was arrested and charged with heroin possession in Rapid City, South Dakota, after he fell ill in an airplane bathroom
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1982· 2 entries
Kennedy was sworn in as an assistant district attorney for Manhattan
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And a Master of Laws from Pace University in 1987
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1976· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Arts in American history and literature
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1972· 1 entry
Kennedy and Roger Ailes made a film about wildlife and conservation in Kenya
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1963· 1 entry
And 14 when his father was assassinated while running for president in 1968
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1954· 3 entries
Born 1954-01-17.
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“, The New York Times (May 8, 2024) Kennedy”
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“The Hill (14 July 202) The Lincoln–Douglas debates in 1858 were between the future president Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas for a senate seat representing Illinois. I don”
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