Behind The Scenes: Writing the 2012 State of the Union Address

[MarkCharles]

5. THIS Jon Favreau has been with Obama since before the election

way back to the 2008 campaign. He's dynamite, and Obama knows it. I think he's also about 30..was very young starting out in the W.H.

He was born in 1981. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter)

"When President Obama assumed office in 2009, Favreau was appointed Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting He became the second youngest chief White House speechwriter on record after James Fallows.] His current salary is $172,200 a year.

Favreau has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine. He ranked 33rd in the GQ "50 Most Powerful in D.C." and featured in the Vanity Fair "Next Establishment" list. Favreau was also one of several Obama administration members in the 2009 "World's Most Beautiful People" issue of People magazine."