U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks to a private meeting with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Edward Kenned.

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks to a private meeting with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, at a hotel in Boston, August 29, 2009. The funeral of Kennedy will be held Saturday in Boston before his burial at Arlington Cemetery near Washington later in the day.



U.S. President Barack Obama walks alone to a private meeting with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, at a hotel in Boston, August 29, 2009. The funeral of Ted Kennedy will be held Saturday in Boston before his burial near his brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery near Washington later in the day.



President Barack Obama walks back across the street to his hotel after going to the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel for a private meeting with the Kennedy family in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.



President Barack Obama, left, walks across the street to his hotel after going to the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel for a private meeting with the Kennedy family in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.



President Barack Obama, center, is escorted by Secret Service agents across the street to his hotel after going to the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel for a private meeting with the Kennedy family in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.




As a US flags flies half mast in honour for late Senator Ted Kennedy as US President Barack Obama (C) exits the Fairmont Hotel after a private meeting with Vicki Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts on August 29, 2009. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend late Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral later in the day.


Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, niece of US Senator Edward Kennedy, listen during a memorial service for the late senator, dubbed a 'celebration of life,' at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on August 28, 2009 in Boston. Massachusetts. Edward Kennedy's family and an eclectic mix of friends gathered around the senator's coffin for an Irish-style wake featuring prayer, song and humor.





Irish tenors John McDonald (L) and Colm Wilkinson (R) lead the audience in a rendition of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" at the conclusion of a "Celebration of Life Memorial Service" for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts August 28, 2009. Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer.


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