The White House director of speechwriting is a role within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The officeholder serves as senior advisor and chief speechwriter to the president
The White House logo under Trump 2.0
Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan
Bernard Aronson in 2016
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Cody Keenan
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Cody Keenan is an American political advisor and speechwriter who served as the director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama. Keenan studied political science at Northwestern University. After
White House Director of Speechwriting
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Keenan works with speechwriters Ben Rhodes, and Jon Favreau, with President Obama in the Oval Office in February 2013
Barack Obama with Cody Keenan in the Oval Office, July 23, 2013