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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR: 'I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP'

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Reverend Billy Graham

Eulogy for Richard M. Nixon [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Donald J. Trump

Address to the Nation on Immigration Plan to End Government Shutdown [w/ AudioXE and Video]

John F. Kennedy

Presidential Inaugural Address [Selected Pages from the Official Inaugural Program Added]

Ronald Reagan

Presidential Farewell Address to the Nation [Transcoded Video Added]

Donald J. Trump

Oval Office Address on Immigration and Border Security [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Barack Obama

Final Weekly Address [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Adlai Stevenson

1952 DNC Acceptance Address [Entire Video Added]

James H. Billington

Address to the National Press Club on the Library of Congress [w/ Audio and Video]

William Jefferson Clinton

FDR Memorial Dedication Address [Audio Enhanced and Video Added]

Henry Kissinger

Eulogy for Richard Nixon [w/ AudioXE and Video]

SecDef James Mattis

Text of Letter of Resignation and Attendant Reading Level Scores

WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS THE U.S. CONGRESS

NATIVE AMERICAN SPEECHES

Chief Logan

Pope Francis

Chief Powhatan

Ashraf Ghani

Chief Pushmataha

Julia Gillard

Chief Red Eagle

Nelson Mandela

Chief Red Jacket

Soong May-Ling

Chief Tecumseh

Narendra Modi

Peter MacDonald

Benjamin Netanyahu

Wanbli Ohitika

Margaret Thatcher

SPEECH OF THE WEEK

JOHN F. KENNEDY: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS

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"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."


MEMORIAL SPEECHES
9th Earl Spencer: For Princess Diana	Al Gore: For Columbine High School
Al Sharpton: For Michael Jackson	Attallah Shabazz: For Coretta King
Barack Obama: For Tucson	Bernice King: For Yolanda King
Cher: For Sonny Bono	George Schultz: For Chris Stevens
Jay Paterno: For Father	Kevin Costner: For Whitney Houston
Luke Russert: For Father	Nikki Giovanni: For Virginia Tech
Oprah Winfrey: For Rosa Parks	Robert Kennedy: Martin Luther King
Ronald Reagan: For Challenger Seven	Ted Kennedy: For Robert Kennedy
Ted Kennedy Jr.: For Father	William J. Clinton: For Oklahoma

A RHETORIC OF THE WAR IN IRAQ

1/29/02

President's State of the Union Address

2/02/02

Paul Wolfowitz's Address at the 38th Verkunde Conference

8/26/02

Vice President Cheney's Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention

1/28/03

President's State of the Union Address

2/05/03

Colin Powell's Address to the UN Security Council

3/17/03

President's Ultimatum to Saddam

3/19/03

President's Address to the Nation: Initial Ops in Iraq

3/19/03

Senator Robert Byrd: The Arrogance of Power

4/03/03

President's Address at Camp Lejeune

4/10/03

President and UK Prime Minister Addresses to the Peoples of Iraq

4/24/03

Ashleigh Banfield: Landon Lecture at Kansas State University

5/01/03

President Announces End of Combat Ops in Iraq

12/14/03

President Announces Capture of Saddam Hussein

1/20/04

President's 2004 State of the Union Address

4/8/04

Condoleezza Rice: 9/11 Commission Opening Statement

4/13/04

President's Prime Time News Conference on Iraq War

10/4/04

Donald Rumsfeld's Address to the Council on Foreign Relations

1/30/05

President's Address Following Democratic Election in Iraq

2/02/05

President's 2005 State of the Union Address

2/4/05

L. Paul Bremer: TD Waterhouse Conference Keynote Address

12/18/05

President's National Address in Oval Office

9/11/06

President's National Address on Five-Year Anniversary of 9/11

1/10/07

President's Address to the Nation on Troop Increase

7/12/07

President's Press Conference on Iraq War

9/10/07

General David Petraeus' Opening Statement to Congress on the Status in Iraq

9/13/07

President's Address to the Nation on Moving Forward in Iraq

10/12/07

General Ricardo Sanchez's Address to Military Reporters and Editors

2/27/09

President's Address at Camp Lejeune on Ending the War in Iraq

08/31/10

President's Oval Office Address Announcing End of Operation Iraqi Freedom

12/15/11

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Marks the End of Operation New Dawn


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