PERSON: Mark Salter

Position

Speechwriter

Biography

Mark Salter is an American speechwriter from Davenport, Iowa, known for his collaborations with United States Senator John McCain on several nonfiction books as well as on political speeches. Salter has also served as McCain’s chief of staff for a while, although he had left that position by 2008. Salter has often been referred to as McCain’s “alter ego”

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