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Sep 5, 2009 at 5:55 PM PDT
Story Updated:
Sep 6, 2009 at 1:13 AM PDT
The white draped casket of Senator Edward Kennedy sits before (from left) the Senator's son Edward Kennedy Jr., his widow Vicki Kennedy, former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former president George W. Bush, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill Biden, and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former President Jimmy Carter during funeral services at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Mass. on Aug. 29, 2009. (Official White House photos by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama hugs Vicki Kennedy as he touches the coffin of her husband, Senator Edward Kennedy. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
President Barack Obama listens as Sen. Ted Kennedy addresses a Health Care Summit second session with members of Congress in the East Room of the White House March 5, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and Sen. Ted Kennedy walk down the South Lawn sidewalk at the White House April 21, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and Sen. Ted Kennedy participate in a national service event at The SEED School of Washington, D.C., April 21, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Sen. Ted Kennedy, along with White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, left, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), second from right, and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) listen during a Health Care Summit second session in the East Room of the White House March 5, 2009. Sen. Kennedy's son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), is seated in the second row at left. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama meets with former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office April 21, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Sen. Ted Kennedy and his wife Vicki wave to the audience during "Some Enchanted Evening: A Musical Birthday Salute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy" at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2009. (Photo by Joyce N Boghosian/The White House)
President Barack Obama and Senator Ted Kennedy participate in a national service event at The SEED School of Washington, D.C., where H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act was signed April 21, 2009. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House)