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Jean Kennedy Smith, John Sweeney receive Presidential Medal of Freedom


Two Irish Americans were awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this week. ...

February 17, 2011 by JAMES O'BRIEN 3

Jean Kennedy Smith and John J. Sweeney receive the Presidential Medal of Honor


President Barack Obama today named 15 recipients of the highest possible civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Included in this list was Irish American labor movement representative John J Sweeney and former U.S. Amba ...

November 19, 2010 by CATHY HAYES 3
John Sweeney and Ted Kennedy: Irish American leaders of the nation’s liberal institutions

The age of the Irish: What Ted Kennedy and John Sweeney built on


The death of Ted Kennedy precedes by three weeks the end of John Sweeney’s 14-year tenure as president of the AFL-CIO. Together, these events signal the end of an epoch in American political history: that of Irish American leaders ...

October 02, 2009 by HAROLD MEYERSON 1

AFL/CIO head John Sweeney may take on new role


John Sweeney, head of the AFL/CIO, is stepping down shortly, but don't expect him to retire and fade away. Word is that Sweeney will be getting a big job in the Obama administration ...

August 14, 2009 by INTELLIGENCER 0
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