Obama himself is an accomplished and prolific writer, and Keenan has said it is challenging to meet the president's high standards.
"Our jobs are remarkably like graduate school," Keenan said in the Kennedy School interview. "You get a paper assignment, you might pull an all-nighter or come in really early to finish, and you hand it in and then you get his marks back and find out whether (the President) likes it or not."
At Harvard, Keenan studied speech writing and delivery from public policy professor Steven Jarding.
Jarding described Keenan as passionate and fearless. The classes included mock interviews and presidential debates, drills that did not intimidate Keenan, he said.
"He would come to my office and ask, 'How do I get my foot in the door?'" Jarding told Reuters on Tuesday.
Images of Keenan donning a pirate costume and arm hook while chatting with Obama, and his flirtatious Instagram teases of the State of the Union address reveal a side that his former professor described: "He doesn't take himself seriously, and yet he is a serious person."
When Obama takes the stage Tuesday night, Keenan's skills will also be on trial, Jarding said.
"Even in a room (full of) exceptional students, I knew that this is somebody that we should watch, and that is something that we're going to see unfold tonight," Jarding said.
【资讯快讯】
美国总统奥巴马当地时间28日晚发表年度国情咨文演说,幕后首席撰稿人是年仅33岁的基南(Cody Keenan),据他的哈佛教授形容,基南是个“热情且无所畏惧的人”。
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