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Kennedy says 9/11, Obama led her to seek public service

Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago.

She said two events shaped her decision to ask Gov. David A. Paterson 11 days ago to consider her for the position if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed...

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