(L-R) Ted Kennedy Jr., Gail Kirk, former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Kirk Jr., Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Senator John Kerry and Wife of Late Senator Edward Kennedy talk prior to the introduction by Patrick of Kirk as his interim U.S. Senate appointee in Boston, Massachusetts September 24, 2009. Kirk will be the interim Senate appointee filling the seat vacated by the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
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