Michael Gerson
American journalist and speechwriter
Died when: 58 years 186 days (702 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Michael John Gerson (May 15, 1964 – November 17, 2022) was an American journalist and speechwriter.He was a neoconservative op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with One Campaign, a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice, and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He served as President George W.Bush's chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006, as a senior policy advisor from 2000 through June 2006, and was a member of the White House Iraq Group.
Gerson helped write the inaugural address for the second inauguration of George W.Bush, which called for neo-conservative intervention and nation-building around the world to effect the spread of democracy to third world countries.
In 2018, Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes co-hosted In Principle, a politically conservative-oriented television talk show that ran for eight episodes on PBS.
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