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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.
From Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president’s words could bring the nation together or tear it apart.
Cody Keenan rose from a campaign intern in Chicago and deputy pirate to become chief speechwriter at the White House and Barack Obama’s post-presidential collaborator.
Cody’s first book, GRACE: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America, was published in October 2022 and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. | Learn more about Cody...
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Cody Keenan, Northwestern Political Science ´02, wrote with President Barack Obama for nearly fourteen years, rising from a campaign intern in Chicago to Director of Speechwriting at the White House and Obama’s post-presidential collaborator.
Oct 29, 2022 · President Barack Obama is seen in the Oval Office of the White House with Cody Keenan, left, his director of speechwriting, Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, and Jen Psaki ...
To learn more about the story behind that speech and that quote, we spoke with Cody Keenan, former White House Chief Speechwriter to President Obama. Below is an edited transcript of that conversation.
Sep 26, 2022 · In his new book, “Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America,” Cody Keenan shares personal stories from a dramatic period in American history that included a shooting and two landmark Supreme Court decisions.
Apr 11, 2021 · Cody Keenan, who served as director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama. ‘In less than 10 years, I went from mailroom intern in Congress to chief speechwriter in the White...
Oct 26, 2022 · That time period was marked achievements and heartbreaks, according to Obama's speechwriter Cody Keenan, who detailed the whirlwind 10 days in his book "Grace." Obama tackled the Obergefell decision, which legalized same-sex marriage, the Affordable Care Act decision, the Charlestown church shooting and more in June of 2015.
