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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT:
PEARL HARBOR SPEECH TO THE NATION

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Barack Obama

Joint Rose Garden Press Conference with President Xi Jinping [w/ AudioXE and Video]

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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

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: ON THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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"This Declaration is based upon the spiritual fact that man must have freedom in which to develop his full stature and through common effort to raise the level of human dignity."

"We have much to do to fully achieve and to assure the rights set forth in this Declaration. But having them put before us with the moral backing of 58 nations will be a great step forward."

"We must at the same time rededicate ourselves to the unfinished task which lies before us. We can now move on with new courage and inspiration to the completion of an international covenant on human rights and of measures for the implementation of human rights."

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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