myself, welcome to the white house. this is one of my favorite events every year, especially it s special this year as i look at this extraordinary group of individuals and our opportunity to honor them with our nation s highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. and this year it s just a little more special because this marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedy establishing this award. we re honored, by the way, today, to have with us one of my favorite people ethyl kennedy and a pretty good basketball player, president kennedy s grandson jack. [ applause ]
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kennedys nephew and niece. robert, incredibly large family, iconic family in america. just yesterday we saw your cousin caroline sworn as ambassador to japan, the grandson jack was there looking very hand some like all the kennedy boys, exciting all the media. is there anybody in the family as you look at it that you think could genuinely have the political drive and aspiration to perhaps one day run for president? well, i don t know what the future is. i can tell you this. my nephew joe kennedy is in congress today, and he has i think 85 cousins that get together on the cape during july and august. they talk almost continuously about politics. i think virtually all of them will end up in someway doing public service because that s