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Ted Sorensen on JFK, Obama, and a Life in Politics [video 43 min 32 sec]

Ted Sorensen served as chief counsel, advisor and speech writer for JFK and campaigned vigorously for Barack Obama in 2008.
At this Hudson Union Society event, Sorensen discusses his life in American politics.

This video consists of 9 chapters and five questions:

01. Introduction
02. First Time Meeting John Kennedy
03. Kennedy's Timeless Qualities
04. Kennedy's Legendary Inaugural Address
05. 'Ask Not What Your Country can do for You...'
06. Qualities of an Effective Orator
07. Stories About Kennedy
08. Bobby Kennedy Would be President if Not Killed?
09. What Obama Needs to Inspire Like Kennedy
10. Q1: What Obama Needs to do
11. Q2: On Sy Hersh
12. Q3: Jackie
13. Q4: Cuban Missile Crisis
14. Q5: Opinion on Assassination
Read entire article at The Hudson Union Society