"the only Kennedy aide to publish writings; historian and special assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. wrote his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir ""A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House"" during the same time period. Sorensen's biography, ""Kennedy"", was published during 1965 and became an international bestseller. Sorensen later joined the U.S. law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he was of counsel, while still staying involved in politics. He was involved with Democratic campaigns and was a major adviser of Robert F. Kennedy in Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. During the next four decades, Sorensen"
"writer Ted Sorensen. Kennedy had Sorensen study President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as well as other inaugural speeches. Kennedy began collecting thoughts and ideas for his inauguration speech in late November 1960. He took suggestions from various friends, aides and counselors, including suggestions from clergymen for biblical quotations. Kennedy then made several drafts using his own thoughts and some of those suggestions. Kennedy included in his speech several suggestions made by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith and by the former Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II. Kennedy's line ""Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear"
"adviser, and primary speechwriter, the role for which he is remembered best. He helped draft the inaugural address in which Kennedy said famously, ""Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."" Although Sorensen played an important part in the composition of the inaugural address, ""the speech and its famous turn of phrase that everyone remembers was,"" Sorensen has stated (counter to what the majority of authors, journalists, and other media sources have claimed), ""written by Kennedy himself."" In his 2008 memoir, ""Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History"", Sorenson claimed,"
"the special counsel legal team, but might assist Trump in other legal matters. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow cited conflicts of interest, while two sources told ""The New York Times"" that Trump hadn't established personal rapport with diGenova and Toensing. Several conservative sources sided with Trump to embrace and promote the Spygate conspiracy theory, including the ""Fox & Friends"" talk show and political commentators Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity for Fox News, the website Breitbart, and also radio show host Rush Limbaugh. Meanwhile, Infowars host Alex Jones took credit for coining the ""Spygate"" term. Asked on whether the promotion of the"
"of orderly administration, this was a bad way to prepare a major statement on foreign policy. But the State Department could never in a thousand years have produced this speech."" Sorensen had been Kennedy's aide since the 1953 Massachusetts Senatorial election, and eventually served as his primary campaign speechwriter and as Special Counsel during and after the 1960 Presidential election. By 1963 he had written drafts for nearly every speech Kennedy delivered in office, including the inaugural address, the Cuban Missile Crisis speech, and the Ich bin ein Berliner speech. Common elements of the Kennedy-Sorensen speeches were alliteration, repetition and"
"... by someone else?"" Pearson responded that he did and that Kennedy speechwriter Ted Sorensen wrote the book. Wallace responded: ""And Kennedy accepted a Pulitzer Prize for it? And he never acknowledged the fact?"" Pearson replied: ""No, he has not. You know, there's a little wisecrack around the Senate about Jack ... some of his colleagues say, 'Jack, I wish you had a little less profile and more courage.'"" It was later reported that the statement ""I wish that Kennedy had a little less profile and more courage"" was actually made by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Joseph P. Kennedy"
"for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957. Rumors that this work was co-written by his close adviser and speechwriter, Ted Sorensen, were confirmed in Sorensen's 2008 autobiography. At the 1956 Democratic National Convention, Senator Kennedy gave the nominating speech for the party's presidential nominee, Adlai Stevenson II. Stevenson let the convention select the Vice Presidential nominee. Kennedy finished second in the balloting, losing to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee but receiving national exposure as a result. One of the matters demanding Kennedy's attention in the Senate was President Eisenhower's bill for the Civil Rights Act of"
"had a career as an international lawyer, advising governments around the world, as well as major international corporations. During 1970, Sorensen was the Democratic party's designee for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator from New York. He was challenged in the primary election by Richard Ottinger, Paul O'Dwyer, and Max McCarthy, and polled third. During 1977, Jimmy Carter nominated Sorensen as Director of Central Intelligence (CIA), but the nomination was withdrawn before a Senate vote. Sorensen's help with explaining Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident was cited as a factor of Senate opposition to his nomination as CIA director. Sorensen in his"
"presidential election. On March 19, 2018, she and her husband, diGenova, were considered for legal assistance by President Donald Trump to serve on his legal team for the Special Counsel investigation. DiGenova served as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1983 to 1988. However, Trump cancelled the hires several days later due to potential conflicts-of-interest. Toensing represents Mark Corallo, who had previously served as a spokesman for Trump's private legal team during the investigation into possible collusion between members of Trump's 2016 campaign and the Russian government. Robert Mueller interviewed Corallo as part of the Special"
"spoke early on and frequently about the similarities between Senator Barack Obama's and Senator John F. Kennedy's presidential campaigns. He also provided some assistance with President Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address. Sorensen served on the advisory board of the National Security Network. In his book ""Let The Word Go Forth"", Sorensen's selects from more than 110 speeches and writings that indicate the importance of historical insights in Kennedy's thoughts and actions. He was married three times. His first marriage, in 1949, was to Camilla Palmer. The couple had three sons: Eric, Steven, and Phillip. They later divorced. In 1964, he married"
"have lectured at the Reagan Library and the Reagan Ranch. [I]t is fair to say we probably know a little bit more about Ronald Reagan than Bill O'Reilly. We certainly know the facts of Ronald Reagan."" The following day, Ed Meese, who served as Counselor to the President (1981–1985) and Attorney General (1985–1988), penned a joint op-ed with Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Executive Director John Heubusch detailed more inaccuracies in O'Reilly's book, saying ""we believe that ""Killing Reagan"" does a real disservice to our 40th president and to history itself."" The same day, Frank Donatelli, President Reagan's Assistant for Political"
"aides, including appointments secretary Kenneth O'Donnell. National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy was the most important adviser on foreign policy, eclipsing Secretary of State Rusk. Ted Sorensen was a key advisor on domestic issues who also wrote many of Kennedy's speeches. Other important advisers and staffers included Larry O'Brien, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., press secretary Pierre Salinger, General Maxwell D. Taylor, and W. Averell Harriman. Kennedy maintained cordial relations with Vice President Johnson, who was involved in issues like civil rights and space policy, but Johnson did not emerge as an especially influential vice president. Kennedy made two appointments to the"
"benefit of time and space. . . historians will look back at those remarkable, incredibly eventful eight years, and say, you know, he made the right decisions"". Timothy Goeglein Timothy Goeglein (pronounced Ghegline) (born January 6, 1964) was Special Assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. He resigned following the discovery of plagiarism in more than 20 opinion pieces he wrote for a newspaper in his home town. In January 2009, Goeglein became the Vice President of External Relations for the Christian Organization Focus on"
"and attention since the candidacy and election of President Donald Trump, in particular because of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon's references to Jackson and comparisons of Jackson to Trump. The ""New York Times"" has speculated that Bannon drew inspiration from Mead's description of Jacksonianism in ""Special Providence"". In Mead's recent interview with ""Politico"", he was dubbed the ""Trump Whisperer"" by the author Susan Glasser. Mead's first book, """", was published in 1987. Mead highlights what he sees as the failures of American neoimperialism in the Cold War, arguing that American policy under Nixon and Carter had stifled sustainable"
"Jared Kushner Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American investor, real-estate developer, and newspaper publisher who is currently senior advisor to his father-in-law, Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Kushner is the elder son of the former real-estate developer Charles Kushner, the son of immigrants from Belarus, and is married to Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter and advisor. As a result of his father's conviction for fraud and incarceration, he took over management of his father's real estate company Kushner Companies, which launched his business career. He later also bought Observer Media, publisher of the"
"had a long list of publications and collaborations, including over 30 books which have sold more than 5 million copies. He also wrote forewords for several other books. Charles Colson Charles Wendell ""Chuck"" Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. Once known as President Nixon's ""hatchet man,"" Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven, and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, he served seven"
"autobiography attributed the loss of Senate approval for his nomination for CIA director to his conscientious objector status as a youth, his two failed marriages, and his writing an affidavit in defense of releasing the Pentagon Papers. Sorensen was the national co-chairman for Gary Hart for the presidential election of 1984 and made several appearances on his behalf. In addition to his successful career as a lawyer, Sorensen was also a frequent spokesman for liberal ideals and ideas, writing opinion-editorials and delivering speeches concerning domestic and international subjects. For several years during the 1960s, he was an editor of the"
"Timothy Goeglein Timothy Goeglein (pronounced Ghegline) (born January 6, 1964) was Special Assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. He resigned following the discovery of plagiarism in more than 20 opinion pieces he wrote for a newspaper in his home town. In January 2009, Goeglein became the Vice President of External Relations for the Christian Organization Focus on the Family. A descendant of Macedonian immigrants, Goeglein grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His family had few strong political commitments, and attended a liberal Lutheran church."
"worth millions that was not mentioned in the financial disclosures initially, and enjoy visiting art studios. The United States Office of Government Ethics has said that the updated disclosures comply with the regulations and laws. When asked about his father-in-law President Donald Trump, Kushner told CNN's Van Jones: ""He's a black swan. He's been a black swan all his life."" Jared Kushner Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American investor, real-estate developer, and newspaper publisher who is currently senior advisor to his father-in-law, Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Kushner is the elder son of"
"brain-trust for Senator Kennedy."" After the Los Angeles Convention Kennedy, now the nominee, asked Cox to move to Washington to have an expanded role, hiring speechwriters and coordinating academic talent. Cox accepted, and then Kennedy point blank asked Cox if he thought he could get along with Ted Sorensen and explained ""Sorensen's fear that somebody was going to elbow his way in between him and Kennedy."" Cox assumed he could. Cox had been unaware that Sorensen had already been at work, back in February, trying to compartmentalize and minimize Cox's group's efforts. Sorenen told Joseph A. Loftus of the ""Times"""
"2018, following the FBI raid on the offices of Michael Cohen–U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney–Booker together with Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, and Thom Tillis, introduced the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act to limit the executive powers of Trump. As mayor, he was described as a New Democrat and as a political moderate, known for defending Bain Capital during the 2012 presidential election and for supporting school vouchers. As senator, his voting record was measured as the third most liberal. Considered a social liberal, Booker supports women's rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and single-payer healthcare. When asked about his"
"Georgetown University and received his law degree from the Catholic University of America. Petersen died of emphysema in Sunderland, Maryland in 1991 at age 70. Henry E. Petersen Henry E. Petersen (1921-1991) was an American attorney and government official. He served as United States Assistant Attorney General during the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations. Petersen conducted many interviews during the Watergate scandal. He also engaged in ethically questionable communications with Nixon and his staff, providing inside information about the investigation prior to the appointment of the Special Prosecutor. Petersen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921 and grew up"
"Marc Thiessen Marc Alexander Thiessen (born January 13, 1967) is an American conservative author, columnist, and political commentator. He served as a speechwriter for United States President George W. Bush (2004–09) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (2001–06). Thiessen's articles have appeared in the ""Los Angeles Times"", ""National Review"", ""The Wall Street Journal"", ""The Washington Post"", ""The Weekly Standard"", ""USA Today"" and other publications. He has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and other media outlets. His one book is a defense of the Torture Memos and ""enhanced interrogation methods"" used by the CIA under the George W. Bush"
"Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington ( – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington was a key proponent of African-American businesses"
"both President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush. A member of the Moscow Summit speechwriting team, he was also the lead writer for the Toronto Economic Summit in 1988 and helped shape the White House approach to the 1988 presidential campaign. A Harvard MBA, Mr. Judge had administration assignments involving assessing the management of the government, urban policy and international economic policy before joining the White House staff. As an opinion journalist, he has written extensively on U.S politics, the international financial crisis, health care reform, the current state of the U.S. and global economies, and global security issues."
"Sorensen, who was then working with Kennedy. Feldman joined the Kennedy campaign in 1958 as a legislative assistant. Kennedy ""gleefully assigned the city boy to agricultural issues"" and greeted Feldman with ""Mike, how are the crops?"" often. He also gathered information on Richard Nixon, who was running against Kennedy. He would serve in this capacity until 1961, whereupon he became Deputy Special Counsel to the President. He became a speechwriter and legal advisor on trade legislation. He assisted Kennedy in countering critique of his Roman Catholic background by finding ""Irish-sounding names of Texans who had died at the Alamo for"
"alleged assault by former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Neil Cavuto, the conservative ""Fox News"" anchor, has called Wolosky ""one of the brightest lawyers in the country."" Prior to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, he worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and as an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. At Paul Weiss, he worked principally with, and was mentored by, Theodore C. Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's Special Counsel. Lee S. Wolosky Lee Scott Wolosky (born July 17, 1968) is the former U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure. He served under the last three"
"William H. Donaldson William Henry Donaldson (born June 2, 1931) was the 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), serving from February 2003 to June 2005. He served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs in the Nixon Administration, as a special adviser to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and Chairman, President and CEO of Aetna. Donaldson founded Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Donaldson attended both Yale University (B.A. 1953) and Harvard University (M.B.A. 1958). While he was a senior at Yale, he joined its Skull and Bones"
"Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore, alongside those"
"Lanny Davis Lanny Jesse Davis (born December 12, 1945) is an American political operative, lawyer, consultant, lobbyist, author, and television commentator. He is the co-founder and partner of the law firm of Davis Goldberg & Galper PLLC, and co-founder and partner of the public relations firm Trident DMG. From 1996 to 1998, he served as a special counsel to President Bill Clinton, and was a spokesperson for the President and the White House on matters concerning campaign-finance investigations and other legal issues. In July 2018, Davis was hired by Michael Cohen, a former personal attorney to Donald Trump, to represent"
"has represented authors such as Carl Hiaasen (""Skinny Dip"") and Patricia Cornwell (""Trace""), Thomas Friedman, Michael Beschloss, Don Imus and Caroline Kennedy. The ""New York Post"" called her ""one of the most powerful agents in the literary world."" Esther Newberg Esther Newberg, originally from Middletown, CT, is an American literary agent and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign. Newberg attended Wheaton College, and joined Senator Robert F. Kennedy's staff in 1968. She was also a member of the presidential campaign staffs of Senator Edmund Muskie and Representative Mo Udall. She was one of the"
"Harry McPherson Harry Cummings McPherson, Jr. (August 22, 1929 – February 16, 2012) served as counsel and special counsel to President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and was Johnson's chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969. McPherson's ""A Political Education"", 1972, is a classic insider's view of Washington and an essential source for Johnson's presidency. A prominent Washington lawyer and lobbyist since 1969, McPherson was awarded American Lawyer magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. He died February 16, 2012, in Bethesda, Maryland. McPherson was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. He attended Southern Methodist University"
"Special Counsel investigation being led by Robert Mueller – said, ""they're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV."" Bannon also said that Mueller's investigation would likely uncover money laundering involving Kushner from loans received by his family business from Deutsche Bank. Another quote from Bannon was that lawyer Marc Kasowitz had gotten Trump ""out of all kinds of jams [...] on the campaign – what did we have, a hundred women? Kasowitz took care of all of them."" Wolff said Trump himself was characterized by ""wide-ranging ignorance."" For example, Sam Nunberg, a campaign advisor, reportedly tried"