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Mary Fisher

"A Whisper of AIDS" [Entire Video Added]

Joe Biden

Prime Time Address to the Nation on Not Seeking Re-Election to the Office of President of the United States [w/ AudioXE and Video]
Letter on Not Seeking Presidential Re-Election

Susan Collins

Address at the Public Memorial for Senator Joe Lieberman [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Lyndon B. Johnson

On Vietnam and Not Seeking Presidential Re-Election [Entire Video Added]

Elizabeth Glaser

1992 Democratic National Convention Address [Entire Video Added]

Ben Shapiro

Opening Remarks at a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Brand Control of Online Speech [AudioXE Added]

Barbara Jordan

Statement on the Articles of Impeachment [Entire Video Added]
1992 DNC Address [Entire Video Added]

Jean Kirkpatrick

1984 RNC Address [w/ Authenticated Text and Audio]

Justice Antonio Carpio

"Grand Theft of the Global Commons".pdf

Rishi Sunak

First House of Commons Remarks as Leader of the Loyal Opposition [w/ Audio and Video]

Jens Stoltenberg

Address at the NATO 75 Washington Summit [w/ AudioXE and Enhanced Video]

WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS THE U.S. CONGRESS

NATIVE AMERICAN SPEECHES

Pope Francis

Ashraf Ghani

Julia Gillard

Nelson Mandela

Soong May-Ling

Narendra Modi

Benjamin Netanyahu

Peter MacDonald

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Wanbli Ohitika

Margaret Thatcher

SPEECH OF THE WEEK

doris haddock: reform party convention address

Text and Off-Site Video of Address

"It is my belief that every American ought to be able to run for a public office without having to sell his or her soul. Fundraising muscle should not be the measure of a candidate. Ideas, character, track record, leadership skills -- these are the better measures of our leaders."

"It is said that democracy is not something we have, but something we do. But right now, we cannot do it because we cannot speak. We are shouted down by the bullhorns of big money. It is money with no manners for democracy."

"What villainy allows this political condition? It is the combination of two viral ideas: that money is speech and that corporations are people. If money is speech, then those with more money have more speech, and that idea is antithetical to democracy."

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


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