CORRECTION : Earlier I gave praise to one of President Obama’s speech writers, Jon Favreau. However, this particular speech, the one he gave before the memorial in Arizona, was written in collaboration with Cody Keenan.

Keenan dressed up as a pirate for an Oval Office photo shot for use in the President’s speech to the White House Correspondents Association dinner May 9, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.)

Major props to Caroline for pointing out my error.