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BARACK OBAMA:

ANNOUNCING THE END OF COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ

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1961 Veterans Day Address [w/ Audio and Video]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Presidential Campaign Radio Address on a Philosophy of Social Justice [w/ Audio]

Ronald Reagan

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William Barr

International Cybersecurity Conference Keynote Address [w/ Video]

Donald J. Trump

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Elliott Abrams

Eighth State Department Briefing on Venezuela [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Chris Dodd

Senate Floor Speech on FISA [Audio and Video Upgraded]

Dan Coats

Annual Threat Assessment Statement to Congress [AudioXE and Video]

Jon Meacham

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John F. Kennedy

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WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS THE U.S. CONGRESS

NATIVE AMERICAN SPEECHES

Chief Logan

Pope Francis

Chief Powhatan

Ashraf Ghani

Chief Pushmataha

Julia Gillard

Nelson Mandela

Chief Red Eagle

Soong May-Ling

Chief Red Jacket

Narendra Modi

Chief Tecumseh

Benjamin Netanyahu

Peter MacDonald

Jens Stoltenberg

Wanbli Ohitika

Margaret Thatcher

SPEECH OF THE WEEK

MARTIN LUTHER KING: 'I HAVE A DREAM'

Text and Audio of Address

"There is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

"We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

"We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."

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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