Australia PM lauds ‘great American’
August 27th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IBNSBy Madhu Roy
Aug 27 (IBNS) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has led tributes to US politician Ted Kennedy across the globe, calling him a “great American” following his death from brain cancer.
Rudd said: Ted Kennedy was a great American, a great Democrat and also a great friend of Australia. He has made an extraordinary contribution to American politics, an extraordinary contribution to America’s role in the world.
Kennedy, the youngest brother of assassinated president John F Kennedy and venerated as the US Senate’s “liberal lion”, died aged 77 at his home in Massachusetts late Tuesday.
“When you look at Ted Kennedy’s legislative career, more than 40 years, when you look at the content of that legislative career, spanning the whole breath of public policy — health policy, social policy, foreign policy — this has been a unique political career,” Rudd said.
Ted Kennedy will be sadly missed in America; he will be sadly missed around the world, including Australia, according to Rudd.
Ted Kennedy was best known as one of the most outspoken and effective Senate proponents of progressive causes and bills. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the youngest brother of President John F Kennedy and Senator Robert F Kennedy, both victims of assassinations, and the father of Congressman Patrick J Kennedy.
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