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Transcript: Columnist, Speechwriter William Safire Dies at 79
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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
09-28-2009
Columnist, Speechwriter William Safire Dies at 79
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
The conservative columnist William Safire has died at the age of 79. He frequently infuriated Democratic presidents. On occasion, he denounced Republican presidents. He wrote about the English language, and he even wrote about intelligence agencies using information that, he wryly claimed, secret agents delivered to him by leaving an envelope under a tree. NPR's David Folkenflik remembers a columnist who started as a speechwriter for President Nixon.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK: Whatever your politics, it's hard not to love a guy who ...
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