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Dates: during 1960-1960
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For years Bobby was lost in the shadow cast by his big brother, but in 1958 he emerged as a public figure in his own right, as counsel for the Senate labor-management rackets committee. As he unfolded the sordid exposé of corruption and crime in the Teamsters and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

The seventh of Joe and Rose Kennedy's nine children, Bobby had to struggle to make his presence felt in the midst of that boisterous tribe (he is himself the head of a family of seven lively, towheaded youngsters). A moody man, Bobby has made many enemies in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

Before he took the job, Bobby Kennedy talked at length with outgoing Attorney General William Rogers and an old friend. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. His first act as a prospective Cabinet member was to announce his brother's appointment of Denver Lawyer Byron ("Whizzer") White, 43, University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

Bobby Kennedy has stamina, talent, guts and opportunity. He will need them all. Segregation, civil rights, corruption, racketeering, trustbusting are all passionate subjects, and he can expect to be the target of constant criticism, whatever he does.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

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