Marc Thiessen

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Marc Alexander Thiessen (born January 13, 1967) is an American political columnist, speechwriter, and political commentator. He is a columnist for The Washington Post, a Fox News contributor, and a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. From 2004 to 2009, he was a member of President George W. Bush’s speechwriting team, serving as chief speechwriter in the final years of the administration. Earlier, he was chief speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and a longtime aide to Senator Jesse Helms. In 2010, Thiessen published Courting Disaster, a book defending the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques, which became a New York Times bestseller and drew significant criticism. He has also co-founded a communications firm and has been affiliated with the Hoover Institution as a visiting fellow.

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