Lifting veil of privacy, friends discuss Kennedy

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Lifting veil of privacy, friends discuss Kennedy

By SAMANTHA GROSS
Associated Press Writer


NEW YORK (AP) -- When community groups and the Board of Education were caught in an acrimonious dispute over an arts program, education officials brought in a fixer: Caroline Kennedy.

The daughter of a president and niece of two senators listened attentively, asked probing questions and proposed various scenarios to resolve the dispute. Under her prompting, a compromise was reached.

"People were pushing themselves back from the table and folding their arms," recalled Stephanie Dua, chief executive officer of the Fund for Public Schools. "She was very good at defusing the situation. ... She has a very easy style about her but she's very sharp."

The episode is an intriguing glimpse into how Kennedy might fill the role of U.S. senator if she is appointed to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, friends and colleagues of Kennedy painted a picture of a reserved but intelligent and tenacious woman who writes her own speeches and who, despite her vast wealth, still takes the subway.

Those interviewed did not provide an impartial view - but, with several speaking publicly for the first time about their relationship, they offered a rare look inside the private world of a woman America fell in love with decades ago as she rode her pony over the White House lawn.

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1. If I knew nothing else, I would approve of her for one thing along - the book she co-wrote titled

Privacy. You don't come out with a book like this - about 900 pages? - without serious research and analysis. Since I got sick and stayed sick over the loss of our privacy through theft by our leaders - I've been an admirer.

She may have stayed home and raised her children, but I am convinced she is a scholar of a sort about history, politics, legacy, the world. She may not have the faculty credentials, but she is a scholar in my eyes for another reason - the operation of the JFK Library and the Awards program. She didn't just unlock the door or pick straws for selections - she learned and made decisions.

There are some deep people who are not professionally paid to extol their knowledge up front and on stage - it doesn't mean she has not learned.

I would vote for her in a second. I would trust her to represent me.

I like deep thinkers.