Marc Thiessen
Marc Thiessen | |
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Thiessen in 2007 | |
| White House Director of Speechwriting | |
| In office December 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William McGurn |
| Succeeded by | Jon Favreau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marc Alexander Thiessen January 13, 1967 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Pamela Thiessen |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Vassar College (AB) Naval War College |
Marc Alexander Thiessen (born January 13, 1967) is an American conservative author, political appointee, and weekly columnist for The Washington Post. Thiessen served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009 and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from 2001 to 2006.
In 2010, he published the book Courting Disaster: How the C.I.A. Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack, which defended the use of the torture technique waterboarding during the George W. Bush administration, arguing that it was not torture. He also wrote that the Obama administration's rejection of torture might lead to American deaths.