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Edward Kenney’s 2016 Hall of Fame Speech

April 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment

I always thought that Patricia is my friend and so she put me up here following Bill Clinton, Pete Hamill and Eileen Collins. Fortunately, she has held General Dempsey till the end… Otherwise, I‘d be a dead duck here. And actually, when Patricia invited me to accept this honor, I said, ‘Well, you want me to speak?’ And she said, ‘Yeah, but it is not a big deal. It is just a … [Read more...] about Edward Kenney’s 2016 Hall of Fame Speech

Hall of Fame: Ed Kenney

By Ed Kenney, Jr., Contributor
April / May 2016

March 25, 2016 by 3 Comments

Traveling to Belfast post-Good Friday Agreement with Ed Kenney and Mutual of America CEO Tom Moran in the late 90s and early 2000s almost always meant engaging in quiet diplomacy – shuttling between the Sinn Féin head office on the Falls Road and Stormont, spending equal time with Gerry Adams and David Trimble, and many other players. The pair offered moral support, advice, … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Ed Kenney

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