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CRIMSON TIDE

THE TRUE ENEMY

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RECENT ADDITIONS

Antony Blinken

Address to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 10th Review Conference [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

PM Kishida Fumio

Address to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 10th Review Conference [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Vin Scully

LA Dodgers Baseball Broadcast Final Signoff [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

George W. Bush

2004 State of the Union Address [Entire Video Restored]
2007 State of the Union Address [Entire Video Restored]

Joe Biden

Announcement of the Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.

First Presidential State of the Nation Address [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Presidential Inaugural Address [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Joe Biden & Yair Lapid

Press Conference Following 'Jerusalem Declaration' Signing [Transcoded Video Added]

Liz Cheney

Address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute [w/ Video]

Moshe Dayan

Eulogy for Ro'i Rotberg [w/ Authenticated English and Hebrew Language Texts and Audio]

Sheikh Al-Issa

Day of Arafat Sermon [w/ English Transcript and Subtitled Video]

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

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Wanbli Ohitika

Margaret Thatcher

SPEECH OF THE WEEK

dan hicks and rowdy gaines: call of lezak's split

Text, 4 Audio Language Versions, Video

Hicks: "France has taken the lead up there in Lane 5 over the United States. Alain Bernard awaits as the anchor guy. And Jason Lezak is going to have to make up some ground on Alain Bernard, who stands six-feet-five [6'5"] and can absolutely fly."

Gaines: "I just don't think they can do it, Dan. I mean, Jason Lezak has been there. How many times in his career has he anchored this free relay and medley relay? But I -- I just don't think he can do it."

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

8/26/022

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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