Ted Sorensen, Kennedy Speechwriter, From The Q&A Cafe Archives

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07/20/2012

Ted Sorensen, Kennedy Speechwriter, From The Q&A Cafe Archives

This interview is a good example of why I love to do The Q&A Cafe. Ted Sorensen was someone I knew of since childhood, who I studied in school, read about in countless histories of the Kennedy presidency, but I never thought I would meet him or, especially, have the chance to interview him. The Q&A Cafe brought me that opportunity. He died almost two years ago. This interview happened in 2008, when "Counselor: A Life at The Edge Of History" was published. His eyesight had become very poor, but his mind was sharp and every word was interesting.

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