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Wed 01 Jan 2009The 27-year-old with history at his fingertips
“There’s a lot weighing on his shoulders” – Eli Saslowprofiles Obama’s speechwriter
THE JOB requires him to work unnoticed, even in plain view, so Jon Favreau settles into a wooden chair at a busy Starbucks in Penn Quarter, in Washington DC. A deadline looms, and he needs to write at least half a page by the end of the day. As the espresso machines whir, Favreau opens his laptop, calls up a document titled “rough draft of inaugural” and goes to work on the most anticipated speech of Barack Obama’s life.
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