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...were drawn together by their mutual bookishness and preoccupation with politics; Kennedy's near-fatal illness in 1955 sealed their bond. Sorensen compiled the research for Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage, while Jack was convalescing in Florida, was wrongly credited by Drew Pearson with ghosting the book-a charge that was disproved by Sorensen's notes, Kennedy's handwritten drafts, and the assistance of Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford. Pearson later retracted his charges. Sorensen helped Kennedy plot his unsuccessful try for the vice-presidential nomination in 1956. Only weeks later they embarked on the long...
...half a dozen appointees President-elect Kennedy named last week, two are likely to have a decisive effect in shaping his Administration: Special Counsel Ted Sorensen and White House Liaison Man Clark Clifford...
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen, at 32, is one of the youngest of Jack Kennedy's youthful organization, but a weatherbeaten old veteran in point of service. A spare, bespectacled intellectual, he was born in Nebraska, the son of a fire-breathing Republican lawyer who, as a political follower of the late George Norris, became Nebraska's attorney general. After graduating from the University of Nebraska law school with top honors, Sorensen followed his political instincts to Washington as a young bureaucrat, worked for the Federal Security Agency, then for Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas before signing on with freshman...
When Bobby Kennedy took over the direction of his brother's campaign in mid-1959, Ted Sorensen retreated behind the scenes as Jack's administrative assistant, top speechwriter and strategist. (Unitarian Sorensen drafted Kennedy's principal speeches defending his Roman Catholic faith from Protestant attack.) "I want to keep Ted with me wherever I go in this campaign," said Kennedy. "You need somebody whom you can trust implicitly...
...sober, deadly earnest, self-effacing man with a blue steel brain, Ted Sorensen is an instinctive political stage manager. He assiduously avoids personal publicity and attributed quotations, is personally abstemious,* and reserves his quiet sense of humor for his rare off-duty hours. Ruffled politicians accuse him of ruthlessness; disgruntled underlings say he is a martinet; the press finds him invariably helpful. His fascination with politics is complete, and he is devoted to the Kennedy cause. As the special counsel to the new President, Ted Sorensen will be as close to the heart of the new Administration...