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4 Democrats Run to Succeed Kennedy, but Only 3 Vie to Seize His Mantle

Nov. 26, 2009
Democratic candidates to succeed Senator Edward M. Kennedy are trying to prove themselves his ideological twin, but the tactic might not be a winning strategy.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic