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"I like the job. That is what I will miss the most... I am not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I have liked it." -William J. Clinton
"I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger." -George H.W. Bush
Ever wondered what it would be like to work in the White House Counsel’s Office? We interviewed a former staffer to find out.
Find out what it takes to become a presidential speechwriter.
Imagine working in an office where you run into the president of the United States in the hall. Dan Reed experienced that job this summer.
I find it fun to watch a man, or a woman, stand at a podium and be inundated by reporters asking, “What will the president do next.” I’ve even heard of drinking games for the number of times they will use the phrase, “I cannot comment at this time.” In reality, the job of the White House press secretary is not all laughs and jabs at reporters. It’s a career that a select few handle; they had jackets made.
We all would love to work in the White House one day. Here are a few insights from the people who actually work there.
We will be posting an interview with John McConnell, speechwriter from 2000 to 2009 for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. But before we can conduct the interview, we’d like your questions. Ask him everything you’ve always wanted to know about being a White House speechwriter.