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Former Kennedy, Kerry aide Mary Beth Cahill to help pro-Obama group

Priorities USA, which runs a pro-Obama super PAC and has faced fund-raising problems, announced that Massachusetts native Mary Beth Cahill is joining the group. Cahill, Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s onetime chief of staff and Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign manager, will serve as a consultant on strategy and spending. Cahill is a close personal friend of Stephanie Cutter, another Massachusetts native and former Kennedy aide who now serves as deputy manager of President Obama’s reelection campaign committee.

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