What is David Gergen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = David Gergen |image = David Gergen World Economic Forum 2013.jpg |office = [[Counselor to the President]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = May 29, 1993 |term_end = June 28, 1994 |predecessor = [[Clayton Yeutter]] |successor = [[Mack McLarty]] |office1 = [[White House Communications Director]] |president1 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start1 = June 17, 1981 |term_end1 = January 15, 1984 |predecessor1 = [[Frank Ursomarso]] |successor1 = [[Michael A. McManus Jr.]] |president2 = [[Gerald Ford]] |term_start2 = July 1976 |term_end2 = January 1977 |predecessor2 = [[Margita White]] |successor2 = [[Gerald Rafshoon]] (1978) |office3 = [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary|White House Staff Secretary]] |president3 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start3 = January 20, 1981 |term_end3 = June 17, 1981 |predecessor3 = Richard Hutcheson |successor3 = [[Richard Darman]] |office4 = [[White House Director of Speechwriting]] |president4 = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start4 = 1973 |term_end4 = 1974 |predecessor4 = [[Ray Price (speechwriter)|Ray Price]] |successor4 = [[Robert T. Hartmann|Robert Hartmann]] |birth_name = David Richmond Gergen |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|5|9}} |birth_place = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/magazine/david-gergen-master-of-the-game.html David Gergen, Master of the Game]</ref> |otherparty = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 2017) |spouse = Anne Gergen |children = 2 |education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |website = {{url|davidgergen.com|Official website}} |signature = David Gergen signature.svg }} '''David Richmond Gergen''' (born May 9, 1942) is an American [[political commentator]]. He was a presidential advi