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ANDRE AGASSI

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AT STEFFI GRAF'S INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

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John F. Kennedy

Address in Berlin [Entire Video Added]

David L. Calhoun

Opening Statement to Congress on Boeing Safety Culture [Stereo Enhanced, Frame Interpolated Video Added]

Janet Yellen

"Remarks on New Housing Availability and Affordability Measures [w/ Video]

Ronald Reagan

"A Time for Choosing" [Entire Video Added

Vladimir Putin

Joint Press Statement with DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-Un [w/ English Transcripts and Russian Language Video]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Address to the First Plenary Session at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine [w/ Authenticated Text, AudioXE, Video]

Isaac Herzog

Address to a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress [AudioXE and Transcoded Frame Interpolated Video Added]

Antony Blinken

Remarks at the “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” Conference in Jordan [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Joe Biden

Announcing Tripartite Plan for Peace in Gaza [w/ Video]

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Remarks to the UN Security Council on U.S.-Drafted Tripartite Plan for Peace in Gaza [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Kathleen Hicks

Keynote Address on Emerging Military Tech and the Replicator Drones Initiative [w/ AudioXE and 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

THE u.s. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Text of Declaration

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

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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