Ted Widmer - The Daily Beast

Ted Widmer directs the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. He was a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Clinton.

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You Can't Ask for More

For the vast middle of this country, and the even vaster populations that lie beyond it, it has been a relatively goo...

Posted 11:44 PM | Nov 2, 2009

The Unguarded Bill Clinton

Former Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer says there's never been a presidential portrait as intimate as Taylor Branch's...

Posted 12:25 AM | Oct 5, 2009

Obama in Cairo: Two Thumbs Up

Bill Clinton's former chief foreign-policy speechwriter rates Obama's Cairo speech his best yet. Ted Widmer explains ...

Posted 5:30 PM | Jun 4, 2009

How Obama Can Restore American Idealism

We have all heard the power of Barack Obama's oratory, and that too can be an essential tool in foreign policy. Now ...

Posted 12:33 PM | Nov 9, 2008

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