Pete Wehner
Title: Deputy assistant to the president/director, Office of Strategic Initiatives.
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Washington.
Age: 43.
Family: Married; three children.
Career highlights: Speechwriter for the secretary of education (William J. Bennett), January 1987 to September 1988; special assistant to the director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (Bennett), March 1989 to December 1990; research fellow, the Hudson Institute, December 1990 to March 1993; director for policy, Empower America, March 1993 to January 2001; special assistant to the president/deputy director for speechwriting, 2001 to 2002.
Current reading: "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror," by Natan Sharansky et al; "Scalia Dissents: Writings from the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice," by Kevin A. Ring; "Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House," by William Safire; "The Cross of Christ," by John R.W. Stott.
