He was executive editor of The New Republic from 1993 to 1995, when he became a special assistant and a senior speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, positions he held until 1997.

"One way or another, Clinton is not going to be President for that much longer," said Andrei Cherny, a former senior speechwriter for Mr. Gore who is editor of Blueprint.

At 21, the bridegroom was a senior speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.

Scully worked as a speechwriter in the 2000 presidential campaign, and served as a special assistant and senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush from January 2001 to August 2004.

The senior speechwriter for the governor of New York flees a stalker and the police after her boss is shot.

It Seems to Prey on His Mind But the Soviet jokes are his mainstay, according to Dana Rohrbacher, a senior speechwriter, and the subject seems to prey on the President's mind.

The couple met at the first-birthday party of Susannah Waldman, the daughter of Elizabeth Fine, then a counselor at the Justice Department, and Michael Waldman, a senior speechwriter for President Clinton.

Mr. Bloomberg's testimony - a product of 15 drafts prepared with his senior speechwriter, Bruce Cory - was a heartfelt defense of workers' rights to breathe clean air.