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 THE GREAT DEBATERS

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RECENT ADDITIONS


SecDef Pete Hegseth

Town Hall Address on Imminent Bureaucratic Changes at the Pentagon [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Update on Guantanamo Bay Operations and Addresses Tragic Mishap Involving U.S. Army Helicopter [w/ Authenticated Text, AudioXE, Frame Interpolated Video]

SecState Marco Rubio

Address at a Joint Presser with Guatemala President César Bernardo Arévalo de León [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Address at a Joint Presser with Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves Robles [w/ Audio and Video]

Dr. Catherine Wheeler

Address at the 2025 National March For Life Rally in Washington, D.C. [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Justin Trudeau

Address to the Nation in Response to Planned U.S. Trade Tariffs Against Canada [w/ Authenticated English Text and Video]

Karoline Leavitt

First Presser as White House Press Secretary [w/ Video]

 Ronald Reagan

Strategic Defense Initiative Address to the Nation [Lighting Adjusted Video Added]

Liz Wahl

On-Air RT News Resignation Address [Entire Video Restored]

Elie Wiesel

"The Perils of Indifference" [w/ Video]

Antony Blinken

Farewell Address to State Department Employees [w/ Video]

Richard M. Nixon

Second Inaugural Address [Entire Video Added]

Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi

IDF Chief of the General Staff Resignation Letter

Authenticated Text, Audio, Video

"Proverbs 11:12 -- A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue."

"It’s not my intention to offend anyone. I have discovered, however, in recent years that it’s very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. And people walk around with their feelings on their shoulders, waiting for you to say something -- 'Ah, did you hear that?!' And they can't hear anything else you say."

"PC is dangerous. Because, you see, this country -- one of the founding principles was freedom of thought and freedom of expression. And [PC] muffles people...and at the same time, keeps people from discussing important issues while the fabric of this society is being changed."

MEMORIAL SPEECHES

 
Bernice King: For Yolanda King Rev. Billy Graham for Richard Nixon
Cher: For Sonny Bono George Schultz: For Chris Stevens
Jay Paterno: For Father Jon Meacham: For George H.W. Bush
Kevin Costner: For Whitney Houston Luke Russert: For Father
Margaret Thatcher: For Ronald Reagan 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
8/26/022 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
 

STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHES

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SOU 2022 JS 2021 SOU 2020 SOU 2019
SOU 2018 JS 2017 SOU 2016 SOU 2015
SOU 2014 SOU 2013 SOU 2012 SOU 2011
SOU 2010 JS 2009 SOU 2008 SOU 2007
SOU 2006 SOU 2005 SOU 2004 SOU 2003
SOU 2002 JS 2001 SOU 1996 SOU 1995
 
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