Ninety-seven years ago today, Joe Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald had a baby boy named John in Brookline, Massachusetts. He’d go on to do some big things.
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May 29, 2014

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Good morning! Ninety-seven years ago today, Joe Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald had a baby boy named John in Brookline, Massachusetts. He’d go on to do some big things.

Pushing back –> Obama gave a foreign policy speech at West Point yesterday, and Slate’s Fred Kaplan writes that it was largely a rebuke of critics who say he’s not aggressive enough.

Systemic –> The VA’s Inspector General’s office issued a preliminary report finding systemic problems in the agency, and expanded its review to 42 facilities across the country. Jeremy Herb reports for Politico.

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