Transcript: NPR News Special: Remembering Ted Kennedy

ANDREA SEABROOK
NPR Talk of the Nation
08-26-2009
NPR News Special: Remembering Ted Kennedy

Host: ANDREA SEABROOK
Time 14:00-15:00 PM


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ANDREA SEABROOK, host:

From NPR News, this is special coverage. I'm Andrea Seabrook in Washington.

An era in American politics ended late last night. Senator Edward Kennedy died before realizing his final goal: a major health care overhaul that he called the cause of his life.

Still, he leaves a legacy that spans five decades: legislation on civil rights, education and health care. Ted Kennedy will also be remembered as the Kennedy who outlived all of his older brothers, who lost a presidential election and was haunted by the events at ...

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