卡罗琳·肯尼迪

美国第35任总统约翰·肯尼迪和第一夫人杰奎琳·肯尼迪的女儿，1957年11月27日出生，被美国人称为 “全国的宝贝”。2013年7月12日日本共同社报道，其即将出任驻日大使，并将成为首名担任这一职务的女性。卡罗琳·肯尼迪已经获得总统贝拉克·奥巴马提名，提名有望获得美国国会参议院批准。美国参议院2013年10月16日正式批准卡罗琳·肯尼迪出任美国驻日本大使。将于2013年11月15日赴任的卡罗琳·肯尼迪是美国前总统约翰·肯尼迪的长女，现年58岁，她是美国首个女性驻日大使 。2015年8月25日，美国国务院一份报告披¶，美国驻日本大使卡罗琳·肯尼迪使用私人电子邮箱收发公务邮件，其中一些邮件包含敏感信息。这使她成为继前国务卿希拉里·克林顿之后又一名身陷“邮件门”的政府官员。

卡罗琳虽贵为前总统之女，但向来行事极为低调，以至外界对这λ昔日“第一千金”了解并不多。2008年，卡洛琳声明她有意试水政坛，下面是卡洛琳在2008年民主党代会上的演讲。（爱德华·肯尼迪：在参议院供职近半个世纪，被誉为美国近代最伟大的议员；见证了十λ美国总统的任期；被奥巴马称为“导师”；是传奇的肯尼迪九兄妹中最后一个男丁；是“家族诅咒”中Ψ一的幸存者；他是爱德华·肯尼迪，政治世家的不朽β音。）

2008 Caroline Kennedy's DNC speech 卡洛琳.肯尼迪2008年DNC英语演讲稿：

I am here tonight to pay tribute to two men who have changed my life and the life of this country: Barack Obama and Edward M. Kennedy. Their stories are very different, but they share a commitment to the timeless American ideals of justice and fairness, service and sacrifice, faith and family.

Leaders like them come along rarely. But once or twice in a lifetime, they come along just when we need them the most. This is one of those moments. As our nation faces a fundamental choice between moving forward or falling further behind, Senator Obama offers the change we need.

Everywhere I go in this country, people tell me that Barack Obama is making them feel hopeful the way they did when my father was president. It's partly the words he uses-words that remind us that we are all in this together and that we each have something to contribute to this country that has given us so much. But it's the life he has led that is the true source of this inspiration-a life spent fighting for ordinary people in neighborhoods and courts, in the state senate and the United States Senate.

I have never had someone inspire me the way people tell me my father inspired them, but I do now, Barack Obama. And I know someone else who's been inspired all over again by Senator Obama. In our family, he's known as Uncle Teddy. More than any senator of his generation, or perhaps any generation, Teddy has made life better for people in this country and around the world.

For 46 years, he has been so much more than just a senator for the people of Massachusetts. He's been a senator for all who believe in a dream that's never died. If you're no longer being denied a job because of your race, gender or disability, or if you've seen a rise in the minimum wage you're being paid, Teddy is your senator too.

If your children are receiving health care thanks to the Children's Health Insurance Program, if you see a nurse at a community health center or if you're benefiting from the Medicare program that he fought to create, and that just last month he returned to the Senate to save, Teddy is your senator too. If your child is getting an early boost in life through Head Start, or attending a better school or can go to college because a Pell grant has made it more affordable, Teddy is your senator too. And if you're an 18-year-old who's going to vote for the first time-and I bet it'll be for Barack Obama- Teddy is your senator too.

Not only has Teddy helped put the American dream within reach for so many families, he's been a powerful force around the world for human rights and human dignity, for refugees and the dispossessed. He helped end apartheid in South Africa and bring peace to Northern Ireland. He's been a leader on nuclear arms control. And he took a strong, early and courageous stand against the war in Iraq.

He is a man who always insists that America live up to her highest ideals, who always fights for what he knows is right and who is always there for others. I've seen it in my own life. No matter how busy he is, he never fails to find time for those in pain, those in grief or those who just need a hug. In our family, he has never missed a first communion, a graduation, or a chance to walk one of his nieces down the aisle.

He has a special relationship with each of us. And his 60 great nieces and nephews all know that the best cookies and the best laughs are always found at Uncle Teddy's. Whether he is teaching us about sailing, about the Senate or about life, he has shown us how to chart our course, take the helm and sail against the wind. And this summer, as he faced yet another challenge, he and Vicki have taught us all about dignity, courage and the power of love.

In this campaign, Barack Obama has no greater champion. When he is president, he will have no stronger partner in the United States Senate. Now, it is my honor to introduce a tribute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy.