Sen. Edward Kennedy was a wide-eyed 14-year-old when his brother, John, a newly minted congressman, treated him to a personal tour of Washington's landmark buildings — the White House, the Supreme Court, the House floor.

"It's good that you're interested in seeing these buildings, Teddy," Kennedy, D-Mass., recalls the future president telling him. "But I hope that you also take an interest in what goes on inside them."

Sixty years later, it's clear the brotherly advice stuck.

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Kennedy recounts the scene in his new book, "America Back on Track," which is to go on sale April 18.

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