This past Tuesday morning, the beautiful campus of Elon gracefully welcomed two noteworthy speechwriters. The first of which is John McConnel, who served as a longtime speechwriter for President George Bush. He was in charge of all the presidents speeches and addresses, most notable being the speech describing the horrid attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. David Halperin, the other guest, used to be a National Security Council speechwriter for President Bill Clinton as well as serving as the Vice President of the Center for American Progress. The panel started off with both guests sharing their stories of how they got to where they are now, and what it’s truly like serving the president as a speechwriter. This quickly changed when
