US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Members of the speechwriting staff at the White House.

See also White House Staff.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bernard W. Aronson	Business	16-May-1946		ACON Investments LLC
Tony Blankley	Pundit	21-Jan-1948	7-Jan-2012	McLaughlin Group pundit
Pat Buchanan	Columnist	2-Nov-1938		Crossfire
Christopher Buckley	Novelist	24-Dec-1952		Thank You for Smoking
Anthony R. Dolan	Government	7-Jul-1948		President Reagan's chief speechwriter
James Fallows	Journalist	2-Aug-1949		Atlantic Monthly
David Frum	Pundit	30-Jun-1960		Coined "Axis of Evil"
David Gergen	Columnist	9-May-1942		Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton
Michael Gerson	Politician	1965		Washington Post columnist
Bruce Herschensohn	Activist	10-Sep-1932		Conservative activist
James C. Humes	Government	31-Oct-1934		Speechwriter to five Presidents
Heather F. Hurlburt	Activist	c. 1967		Executive Director, National Security Network
Michael Johns	Government	8-Sep-1964		Conservative activist, healthcare exec
Chris Matthews	Talk Show Host	17-Dec-1945		Hardball with Chris Matthews
William McGurn	Government	4-Dec-1958		Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08
Peggy Noonan	Journalist	7-Sep-1950		Coined A thousand points of light
Robert Orben	Author	4-Mar-1927		Prolific jokewriter
Landon Parvin	Government	3-Jul-1948		Speechwriter for Reagan, Bush, Schwarzenegger
John Podhoretz	Columnist	18-Apr-1961		Conservative columnist
Michael Potemra	Columnist	?		Deputy Managing Editor, National Review
Dana Rohrabacher	Politician	21-Jun-1947		Congressman, California 46th
George Rublee	Diplomat	7-Jul-1868	26-Apr-1957	Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
William Safire	Columnist	17-Dec-1929	27-Sep-2009	NYT columnist, language maven
Lisa Schiffren	Activist	c. 1960		Former Quayle speechwriter
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	Historian	15-Oct-1917	28-Feb-2007	The Age of Roosevelt
Troy Senik	Government	c. 1983		Speechwriter for George W. Bush
Bob Shrum	Activist	1943		Democratic political strategist
Tony Snow	Government	1-Jun-1955	12-Jul-2008	Fox News pundit, White House press secretary
Ted Sorensen	Attorney	8-May-1928	31-Oct-2010	Aide to JFK
Ben Stein	Game Show Host	25-Nov-1944		Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
Marc A. Thiessen	Columnist	c. 1967		White House speechwriter, 2004-09
Ben Wattenberg	Pundit	26-Aug-1933	28-Jun-2015	Think Tank moderator

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