{"id":355962,"date":"2026-06-26T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/obamas-speechwriter-american-politics-has-been-corrupted-by-money\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:00:04","slug":"obamas-speechwriter-american-politics-has-been-corrupted-by-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/obamas-speechwriter-american-politics-has-been-corrupted-by-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s speechwriter: American politics has been corrupted by money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QGpJO1WEm8w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Obama\u2019s speechwriter: American politics has been corrupted by money\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QGpJO1WEm8w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>From the White House situation room, to shaping the Obama administration&#8217;s national security communication &#8211; few people have had a closer view of the forces shaping modern America than Ben Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>As Barack Obama&#8217;s speechwriter and Deputy National Security Adviser, Rhodes helped craft some of the defining messages of the Obama era and played a central role in major foreign policy decisions, including the Iran nuclear deal. 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