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A speechwriter for US President Barack Obama is quitting the White House to move to Hollywood and take up TV comedies, the Washington Post said Friday.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to write comedy and be creative,” 29-year-old Jon Lovett told the Post. “I would like to be able to write in my own voice.”
http://mukundcreations.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/speechwriter-barack-obama-leaves-hollywood/A speechwriter for US President Barack Obama is quitting the White House to move to... more
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Theodore Sorensen, JFK's speechwriter, has died
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 31, 2010 4:54 p.m. EDT
Theodore C. Sorensen (right) was a close adviser to President John F. Kennedy. He's seen here in April 1968 with Robert Kennedy just a couple of months before RFK's death.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Sorensen was a top aide in John F. Kennedy's White House
* He helped pen some of the most recognizable speeches in U.S. political history
(CNN) -- Theodore C. Sorensen, a close adviser and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, has died, the White House said Sunday.
Though he wore a number of hats in his relationship with Kennedy and later in life, he is best known as the wordsmith who helped put Kennedy's ideas to paper in what remain some of the most recognizable speeches in American political history.
Sorensen served as special counsel and speechwriter to Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, and participated in secret White House meetings during the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
Sorensen was a key aide on Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign and had earlier served as a speechwriter and assistant to Kennedy during his Senate years.
"I got to know Ted after he endorsed my campaign early on," President Barack Obama said in a statement Sunday.
"He was just as I hoped he'd be -- just as quick-witted, just as serious of purpose, just as determined to keep America true to our highest ideals."Theodore Sorensen, JFK's speechwriter, has died
By the CNN Wire Staff
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Presidential speechwriters are rarely old, but at 27, Jon Favreau will probably be the youngest to contribute to an inaugural address.
On most speeches, such as the inaugural, Mr Obama writes a first draft or an outline and then sends his musings to Mr Favreau, beginning a back and forth that can last for weeks.Presidential speechwriters are rarely old, but at 27, Jon Favreau will probably be the... more
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Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks that applicants: "Please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity (e.g. Facebook, My Space, etc.)"
Question No. 63 asks that applicants "please provide any other information ... that could ... be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the President-Elect."
For a while there this afternoon, President-elect Barack Obama's immensely talented chief speechwriter, 27-year-old Jon Favreau, might have been pondering how to address that question.
That's when some interesting photos of a recent party he attended -- including one where he's dancing with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of secretary of state-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and another where he's placed his hand on the cardboard former first lady's chest while a friend is offering her lips a beer -- popped up on Facebook for about two hours. The photos were quickly taken down -- along with every other photo Favreau had of himself on the popular social networking site, save for one profile headshot.
Asked about the photos, Favreau, who was recently appointed director of speechwriting for the White House, declined comment. A transition official said that Favreau had "reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology."
As the picture shows, he did do some reaching out...Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks... more
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Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, a renowned Republican thinker, has endorsed Barack Obama. Buckley once wrote a John McCain speech, and held up the Republican rank-and-file for years. After making the shocking announcement, he then resigned from the conservative journal The National Review. Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, a renowned Republican thinker, has... more
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