birth_place president party nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end occupation alma_mater
visalia , california ronald reagan republican american chief speechwriter and special consultant to the president 14 september 1944 1981 thumb ken khachigian
 1988 political consultant , speechwriter , attorney uc -lrb- j.d. -rrb- santa barbara -lrb- b.a. -rrb- columbia law school
ken khachigian

kenneth l. khachigian -lrb- born september 14 , 1944 , in visalia , california -rrb- is an armenian-american political consultant , speechwriter , and attorney .
he was a speechwriter for president richard nixon and was chief speechwriter for president ronald reagan .
he is a veteran of nine presidential campaigns .
most recently , he served as a senior advisor to the presidential campaigns of bob dole -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , john mccain -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , and fred thompson -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
