Tokyo : The daughter of President John F. Kennedy said that his spirit lives on even though his life was cut short.Caroline Kennedy, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, told Japan's Yomiuri newspaper that she meets someone almost every day who says he or she was inspired by her father.
“Even though my father didn't live to accomplish all the things he wanted, his spirit lives on,” she said.
The remarks published Sunday were her first public comments about Friday's 50th anniversary of her father's assassination. She noted his legacies include the Peace Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is providing humanitarian aid to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.
“My father inspired a generation of Americans to serve their country and work for justice and peace,” she said. “But too often today, people feel disconnected from politics and uncertain about the future.”
