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  • The president called his foreign policy speech-writer Ben Rhodes, who was now the NSC director of strategic communications.

    Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010

  • And Jim Hake went on to set up a media company called SignalOne media with people like Ahmad al-Rikaby (from Baghdad's own Radio Dijla and formerly U. S.-funded Radio Free Europe) and former US Ambassador and Kissinger speech-writer Mark Palmer (a member of the Committee for Present Danger).

    Bush: On Iraq, Public Opinion Is On My Side 2009

  • Comment-ing on the essay by Sam Tenenhaus reviewed yesterday by Burke's Corner, former Bush speech-writer and the GOP's brightest thinker, David Frum, agrees with Tenenhaus' central contention - contemporary US 'conservatism' has forgotten the conservative tradition.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009

  • Comment-ing on the essay by Sam Tenenhaus reviewed yesterday by Burke's Corner, former Bush speech-writer and the GOP's brightest thinker, David Frum, agrees with Tenenhaus' central contention - contemporary US 'conservatism' has forgotten the conservative tradition.

    Conservatism needs responsibility, not wrath Burke's Corner 2009

  • In 1977, President Carter nominated former Kennedy speech-writer and intellectual alter ego Theodore Sorensen for the post; the nomination was withdrawn before a Senate vote that would have ended in defeat; many Senators felt Sorensen wasn't qualified for the job, and some conservatives undoubtedly believed he was too "liberal".

    PANETTA TO CIA: A "BRILLIANT" CHOICE? 2009

  • Hell thath no fury like a speech-writer with a book to peddle:

    The West Wing and Propaganda 2009

  • She has already gone through four press secretaries, four campaign managers, and one speech-writer, so why not go for some record between now and Nov?

    FL-SEN: Vote Harris, The "Desperate Houswife" Of Politics 2009

  • Hell thath no fury like a speech-writer with a book to peddle:

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Hell thath no fury like a speech-writer with a book to peddle:

    The West Wing and Propaganda 2009

  • She has already gone through four press secretaries, four campaign managers, and one speech-writer, so why not go for some record between now and Nov?

    FL-SEN 2009

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