The Kennedys continue to beast the political realm. Their prowess transcends generation to generation, each Kennedy offspring following in the footsteps of their celebrated predecessors. This time around, it's Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late John F. Kennedy, who's making her mark. It's become apparent that she'll likely take a diplomatic post overseas as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
The nomination has been rumored for sometime now, but now the decision is close to final, according to The Washington Post. "The move, which her office did not return a call about, is almost certain to thrill the Japanese, who like their American ambassadors to be superstars," it reports.
Kennedy has long been in the good graces of Obama Nation. She gave the president a major boost during his first campaign, which guaranteed her a coveted position within his administration. She was originally offered a position in Canada, but decided to hold out for something better, and it looks like she made the right call.
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them," Kennedy wrote at the time in an op-ed in The New York Times.
Kennedy will follow in her family's impressive history of public service. Her two uncles, Robert F. Kennedy of New York and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts both served in the U.S. senate as democrats. A handful of cousins have also served in state government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Massachusetts also elected republican Joseph P. Kennedy back in November, and of course, who can forget her father's epic legacy?
Past ambassadors to Japan include former Vice President Walter Mondale, former Senate majority leader Mike Mansfiled and former House Speaker Tom Foley. If Kennedy is awarded the position, she will follow in some of the nation's biggest shoes, yet like most Kennedys, she is undoubtedly up for the task.
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