Obama Names Speechwriter

The New York Times reports:

CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama's wordsmith is moving to the West Wing.

In his latest round of White House staff announcements, Mr. Obama said Wednesday that he was naming Jon Favreau as his director of speechwriting. Mr. Favreau, 27, has had a hand in practically every speech that the president-elect has delivered over the last four years, following Mr. Obama from his Senate office to the presidential campaign.

While legend has it that Mr. Obama writes his own speeches longhand on a legal pad, a better historical account will show that he offers input and Mr. Favreau crafts them.

To clarify, Mr. Favreau the speechwriter is the man pictured to the left. He is not the actor and director seen in the clip below:

Comments

[brooklyncitizen]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/84756/page/1

[brooklyncitizen]

I love the youth of the Obama team...because they will approach problems with a different perspective and sensa the baggage that has plagued the last Administrations. Several people in his Cabinet are also young and by that I mean early 40's.This is really significant . Hopefully policies will be getting more than just a face-lift even though there are some "old guard" folks still in there.

[thecanadian]

Congratulations Mr. Favreau! Great work!

[LoveAlaska]

This just shows the skill Obama has in reaching out and finding the most talented. So at approximately age 22, this guy was already crafting speeches. Awesome. We wish you well.

[chewie2008]

This is a great movie.I highly recommend it.It`s called Swingers,(not what you think).

[MikoJaan]

oh got it,
Name twins...

[MikoJaan]

Why is that clip featured in this story?
I don't get it....

PS: I want a good look at his CV! How do you manage that at 27?

[ImWithThatOne]

He is a gifted man, congrats for the gig!

[jackson1015]

27....wow, that's what got my attention, too. Impressive.

[canucklivinginUSA]

Jon Favreau is my soon-to be husband, he just doesn't know it yet

[drsmc41]

27? Must be nice.