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by keg265 on September 7th, 2005

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Why doesn't the US president write his own speeches?

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  • by Archaeologist on February 2nd, 2006

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    It's important to note that some presidents have (and continue) to write at least -some- of their own speeches - President Clinton wrote about half of his major speeches, and most presidents of the twentieth century have, at the very least, reviewed the text of all speeches written for them, frequently making edits along the way.

    Incidentally, the law requires that the President of the United States must draft his own State of the Union Speech - though this is frequently edited by speechwriters. In the nineteenth century, presidents were expected to write every word. Thomas Jefferson, for example, who was terrified of public speaking, wrote all of his own speeches (including State of the Union addresses), but had many "read aloud" by friends of the administration.

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