Ken Khachigian, the son of a Visalia farmer, just published the memoirs of his years in the White House as a speechwriter to two prominent U.S. presidents, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Titled, “Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Reagan and Nixon,” the book’s cover page describes Khachigian as a “speechwriter, confidant and strategist to political legends.”
Khachigian said that he grew up in a farmer’s family deprived of a shower and other basic necessities to become one of the most influential men in the White House.
A graduate of Mt. Whitney High School, Khachigian went on to attend University of California, Santa Barbara and Columbia Law School…