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listed officially as President Kennedy's appointments secretary during the White House years
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Background
Went to Harvard where he was Robert F. Kennedy's roommate. Then later played an important role in Kennedy’s election to the Senate over Henry Cabot Lodge, -
What Kenneth Thought About Kennedy
Very few people thought of him as a presidential possibility. When I first met him that year, I did not think that he would even be elected to the House of Representatives -
Kennedy's help
"Bobby wanted me to take over some of his burden, and he said I'd like the work."
From that point on my life was bound to the Kennedy brothers political odyssey. -
13 days dosn't add up
the missile crisis made me realize that the Joint Chiefs of Staff are conniving to box Kennedy into going to war, preferably nuclear war with the Soviets. -
Texas
I travelled in the Secret Service car immediately behind the presidential car. "After the second shot, Dave Powers said to me, 'Kenny, I think the president's been shot!' I made a quick sign of the cross. -
O'Donnell established his own management consulting company. In that year he was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts
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After Assassination
I made another attempt to win the Democratic nomination for the election for Massachusetts -
Kenneth O'Donnell's Interview
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