About Benjamin Rhodes
Ben Rhodes has been the Special Assistant to President Lee H. Hamilton at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars since June 2002, and is also a freelance speechwriter based in Washington, D.C. He worked closely with President Hamilton through his tenure as Vice-Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), focusing particularly on policy recommendations and process matters. He is the author, with Hamilton and Thomas H. Kean, of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission, forthcoming from Knopf in August 2006. Previously, he taught and worked in local politics in New York City. He currently serves as the foreign policy speechwriter for President Obama.
Posts by Benjamin Rhodes:
- The Politics of Distraction, 12 Jan 2007
- Digging In, 18 Dec 2006
- Some thoughts on the ISG Report, 10 Dec 2006
- What’s At Stake, 31 Oct 2006
- Africa and Our Attention, 07 Oct 2006
- Islamofascist, 14 Sep 2006
- Conspiracy Theories, 22 Aug 2006
- The Rhetoric of World War, 30 Jul 2006
- What ever happened to stateless terrorism?, 19 Jul 2006
- Intervention and U.S. politics, 10 Jul 2006