Senator Kennedy planned many aspects of the funeral, and chose to hold it at "Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica", an inner-city church known for its outreach to the poor.
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Today in Rochester, New York, I will visit with workers and employers at the city's Veterans Outreach Center, a program in partnership with New York State's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), that has leveraged a Department of Labor grant to successfully train and place 90 percent of their graduates, our Nation's military veterans, into full-time, green technology jobs.