Speechwriting

Speechwriting is a job with many privileges, but also its own rules, temptations, and demands of conscience, obvious and nonnegotiable.

Present at the Creation 2007

Speechwriting is a job with many privileges, but also its own rules, temptations, and demands of conscience, obvious and nonnegotiable.

Present at the Creation 2007

Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting

White House releases staff salary list 2009

Barack has chosen you to be the Director of Speechwriting for his administration, Chief Wordsmith if you will.

Rip Empson: Wherein I Imagine Obama's Transition Team Vetting Head Speechwriter Jon Favreau 2009

I've always been under the impression that Obama writes his own speeches, but it seems he has a co-writer: 27 year old Jon Favreau, who will serve in the White House as Director of Speechwriting.

What Makes A Presidential Speechwriter? 2008

I've always been under the impression that Obama writes his own speeches, but it seems he has a co-writer: 27 year old Jon Favreau, who will serve in the White House as Director of Speechwriting.

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

It starts with an opening straight out of Speechwriting 101: it offers the dictionary definition of an heirloom, which it then proceeds to ignore or misconstrue for the rest of the piece.

Wedding absurdity #2. bradamant 2003

Mr. Edmonds also took a leave of absence from the White House in 1996 to serve as a Senior Advisor for Speechwriting on the Clinton-Gore campaign.

Statement By The Press Secretary On J Terry Edmonds ITY National Archives 1999

He was the first African-American presidential speechwriter and, upon assuming his new position, will be the first African-American Director of Speechwriting.

Statement By The Press Secretary On J Terry Edmonds ITY National Archives 1999

This appointment marks a return to the White House for Edmonds, who previously served in the speechwriting office, from 1995 through 1997, first as Special Assistant to the President and later as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting.

Statement By The Press Secretary On J Terry Edmonds ITY National Archives 1999