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...century and was diagnosed with brain tumor in May, with an honorary degree at a special ceremony in December. Though the University normally dispenses honorariums during Commencement, it delayed Kennedy's award because his medical treatment prevented him from appearing at the spring ceremony. The December event drew national press and political luminaries—including Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Mass. Senator John F. Kerry—to campus to honor Kennedy for his lifetime commitment to public service. Kennedy's niece, Caroline, who has said she would like to join her uncle in the senate...
...Please don't allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man."- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, during a Dec. 30 press conference announcing Burris as his pick to fill Obama's seat...
...Faced with these challenges and challenged with these crises, it is incomprehensible that the people of the great state of Illinois will enter the 111th Congress shorthanded."- on the possibility that U.S. Senate Democrats would not seat him, press conference...
...comptroller, becoming the first African American to win statewide office in Illinois. He was Blagojevich's rival for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2002. "Don't allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man," Blagojevich said in making the appointment. Answering questions at the press conference, Burris was eventually overwhelmed by queries aimed at Blagojevich, who returned to the podium to say, "I don't want to hog the limelight," and defended his right to appoint Burris, insisting it was to preserve the prerogatives of the people of Illinois. Then Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois...
...relation), wrote that on election night, during a discussion over who might succeed Obama in the Senate, Burris turned to a friend of hers to say, "Why not me?" In mid-December, as the controversy raged over Blagojevich's alleged plot to sell the seat, Burris held a press conference, declaring, "I am more than happy and willing and able to come to the call of my friends, to try to be able to bring some sanity and help to the people of the state, and the people of America, in the United States Senate...