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SUBMIT THAT 40 YEARS AGO TODAY BEGAN THE MOST NOBLE, VALIANT, THREE MONTH MARCH EVER UNDERTAKEN IN AMERICAN POLITICS. [APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK...
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| 00:07:33 |
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CAN DO TO MEET MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. >> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING LEGACIES OF ROBERT...
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| 00:08:07 |
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SERVANT. KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND HAS BLAZED A TRAIL FROM A PRIVATE PRACTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND TO DEPUTY...
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| 00:09:45 |
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TOM PUTNAM, AMY MCDONALD, THANK YOU FOR ARRANGING THIS MEMORIAL TODAY AND THE WORK THEY DO DAILY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, REALLY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OF...
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| 00:29:14 |
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IS TO HOST THE CONFERENCE AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME MRS. ROBERT F. KENNEDY HERE AMONGST US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR FIRST PANEL WILL...
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| 00:33:46 |
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AT 0 AND KATHLEEN AND WITH ALL OF YOU -- WE ARE HERE WITH DEAR ETHEL AND KATHLEEN AND WITH ALL OF YOU. YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LAST CAMPAIGN WAS...
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| 00:36:26 |
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FIND HIS OWN DIRECTION FOR ALL OF US. WE LOOKED TO HIM AS THE ONE WHO CARRIED THIS FALTERING LAMP, HOPEFULLY TO A NEW PLATEAU AND A NEW MOUNTAIN PEAKS...
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| 00:43:53 |
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ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME SAYING, DO NOT DO IT. LYNDON JOHNSON WILL BE PRESIDENT. YOU DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER. YOU. UNSEAT KASICH -- YOU DO NOT UNSEAT A SITTING...
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| 00:44:49 |
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THE WHOLE BUNCH OF YOU. YOU KNOW, ROBERT KENNEDY, I THINK -- AND LET ME SAY BEFORE I GO INTO THAT, JUST SO WE RECORD A LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY HERE,...
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| 00:49:51 |
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PRESIDENT UNDER
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| 00:49:52 |
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ANY FORESEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE NEWS OF THE TET OFFENSIVE CAME ACROSS THE WIRES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. HE WALKED OUT HAVING SAID THAT WITH...
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| 00:53:39 |
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THERE WAS SOMETHING TO SPIRITUALISM AFTER ALL. CESAR WAS ONLY PLAYING, BUT HE KNEW. LET US GO TO INDIANA. HERE, THE CARPETBAGGER HAS BEEN FROM WASHINGTON...
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| 00:54:39 |
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ANYBODY WHO WOULD GO TO INDIANA AND LOOK AROUND? I SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? HE SAID, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. [LAUGHTER] . >> I SAID, WHAT WE HAVE...
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| 00:55:43 |
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THAN 500 IN ONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, SO YOU HAVE TO GET 5500 SIGNATURES IN SIX DAYS. IN ADDITION TO THAT,...
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| 01:05:19 |
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AS KATHLEEN SAID IN HER REMARKS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PERSON AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROBERT KENNEDY, YOUR LOVE FOR HIM COMES IN A DIRECT WAY IN TERMS OF WHAT...
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| 01:12:41 |
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PROTECTING THAT AUTOMOBILE. IT INDICATED, AGAIN, HOW POWERFUL AND HOW WILLING THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY IN CALIFORNIA, WERE WILLING...
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| 01:13:23 |
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OF THEIR WELL-BEING WAS ON THE TABLE. I REMEMBER THE HEARING THAT HE CONDUCTED, WHICH I GUESS YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SETTING THE HEARING UP. BUT...
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| 01:15:17 |
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WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS JUST GETTING INVOLVED. WE WENT TO THE HOME OF THE CONGRESSMAN AND WHEN MY MOTHER AND I GOT THERE, WE HAD...
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| 01:25:22 |
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WANT TO BRENNABRING THEM TO ME -- >> JOHN, CAN I SAY A WORD? >> I JUST WANTED TO CONFESS. >> DURING THE COURSE OF THIS CAMPAIGN, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS...
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| 01:25:49 |
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EUGENE MCCARTHY STOOD UP IN RESPONSE TO GROUPS.
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| 01:25:54 |
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ON NOVEMBER 30, WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT
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| 01:25:56 |
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HE WAS ONE TO BE THAT CANDIDATE, HE SAID THAT HE EXPECTED ROBERT KENNEDY TO CARRY THE BANNER TO THE CONVENTION. HE NEVER SERIOUSLY HAD AN EXPECTATION...
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| 01:29:23 |
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ONE NEVER KNEW VIOLENCE UNTIL THE REFORM OF LIBERALS AND NEW YORK. THE REFORM OF LIBERALS OF NEW YORK HAD GATHERED AROUND THE BANNER OF EUGENE MCCARTHY....
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| 01:29:52 |
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THERE WAS A STACK OF MESSAGES FROM ALL OF THE LEADERS OF THE LIBERAL WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NEW YORK THAT WERE CHASTISING KENNEDY. THAT CONTINUED...
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| 01:30:31 |
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UPPER, EVEN WITH TOUGH POLITICAL ENEMIES. THEY GET BETTER, AND MEMORIES -- WHEN I WENT INTO LUNCH, I WENT OVER TO SHAKE HANDS WITH CENTRE MCCARTHY. I...
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| 01:31:31 |
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ANECDOTE? >> WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE LIVING AT THE HOTEL. WE HAVE NOT PAID ANY OF THE BILLS. SO WE CONVINCED THE
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| 01:31:48 |
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MANAGER THAT AT THE KENNEDY WAS ONE TO COME TO TEA.
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| 01:31:55 |
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WE WALKED THROUGH THE MAIN BALLROOM AND SAID IT WILL DO NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS BORN TO COME BECAUSE THE DRAPERIES WERE NOT NICE AND THE FORCE NEEDED TO BE...
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| 01:35:27 |
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THAT. >> THERE WERE DISCLOSED FRIENDS. >> RECENTLY, A CONVERSATION -- SOUTHERN BOY'S REAL SLOW. RECENTLY, COMMENTATORS
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| 01:35:51 |
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AND PUNDITS HAVE BEEN COMPARING CENTER OF ANAS CAMPAIGN TO SENATOR KENNEDY'S 1968 CAMPAIGN.
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| 01:36:05 |
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IT IS A QUESTION THAT ASKS US TO MAKE COMPARISONS. COMPARISONS BETWEEN THAT TIME AND BOBS IN THIS -- CANDIDACY. -- AND BOB'S CANDIDACY. >> ROBERT -- THE...
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| 01:36:53 |
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THERE WERE TWO PARTS TO THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR KENNEDY. THEY SAY SO MANY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON...
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| 01:38:09 |
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SUCH A TERRIBLE. . THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD NOT RESPONDED. THIS WAS A PARALLEL TIME WHEN WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY WHO ARE EXCITING....
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| 01:39:11 |
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I WOULD SAY THAT DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, ROBERT KENNEDY WAS IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE WERE EFFORTS MADE BY MR.
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| 01:39:23 |
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HOOVER TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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| 01:39:28 |
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BUT THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS EARLY ON. I THINK THAT WAR KENNEDY'S COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS, AND HIS COMMITMENT TO CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY, BOTH RAN AFOUL...
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| 01:45:08 |
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PRESENT BONDED THIS TO THE PAST. >> SUNDAY, ON Q&A, HISTORIAN GORDON WOULD
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