Presidential Speechwriters Dish on Drafting a State of the Union Address
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Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2013 · News & Politics
For more politics coverage: http://to.pbs.org/9EjFAc Prior to President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union, Hari Sreenivasan talks with former presidential speechwriters Michael Gerson and Don Baer, about what goes into a president's address to the nation, including rhetoric, who's behind policy mentioned and their own crunch-time experiences drafting a State of the Union.
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