For assistance on the foreign policy portions of the speech, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and Senior Presidential Speechwriter Terry Szuplat are heavily involved.
Read more »One of President Obama's speechwriters, Terry Szuplat, who had drafted the president’s speech to the disabled veterans, stayed in touch with the soldier’s father, Craig Remsburg, over the next three years. So when Mr. Obama was again due to speak at the disabled veterans’ annual convention, this month in Orlando, Fla., Szuplat worked with the president and the Remsburgs to include an update on their son’s progress.
Read more »Szuplat, 26, is director of speech writing for Secretary of Defense William Cohen. He credits his enthusiasm for writing to his Falmouth High School days, when an advanced writing program and work on a school-based television program began to define his career direction. "I got to write a lot and enjoyed telling a story, figuring out the interesting angle.”
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