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Former Obama Speechwriter Recounts the Real Story Behind 'Amazing Grace' Speech: 'Then He Began to Sing'
While Barack Obama had a seasoned group of speechwriters helping him come up with the words to mark both celebratory and solemn occasions, the former president has well-known oratorial skills of his own.
One of his most iconic speeches as president, in fact, was apparently all him.
That's according to Obama speechwriter Cody Keenan, who writes in his new book, Grace, that the now-iconic eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney — delivered in the wake of the massacre that killed nine at the Emanuel AME Church — was straight from the president's heart.
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As Keenan writes in his book, which was excerpted in Vanity Fair, the eulogy marked the 14th time President Obama would address the nation following a mass shooting. As such, the president and his staff weren't sure how much they could offer a grieving community.
"The next time this happens, I don't want to sp