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Queen Elizabeth II

Address Marking the 65th State Opening of Parliament [w/ Audio and Video]

Everett Dirksen

Senate Floor Speech on Civil Rights - February1964

David Bellavia

Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony Address [w/ AudioXE and Video]

William Borah

Address Against the League of Nations

Donald J. Trump

Address to the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [w/ Video]

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Address to the United Nations on Religious Freedom [w/ AudioXE and Video]

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1922 Address to the United States Senate

Kay Bailey Hutchison

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Ronald Reagan

1976 Republican National Convention Address [w/ Audio and Video]

Yamini Ravindran

Address at the Second Annual US Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom [w/ AudioXE and Video]

WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS THE U.S. CONGRESS

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Pope Francis

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JEHAN SADAT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ADDRESS

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"Having earned the respect of the world as a great leader in the battle for the liberation of a great nation, Anwar Sadat then set himself the difficult task of consolidating the idea of peace at a time of mutual suspicion and hatred."

"His vision of peace was both spiritual and practical. He was firm in his belief that negotiation could disarm the madness of conflict; that compromise could neutralize the arrogance of anger; that love could conquer hatred; and that kindness would yet prevail in the counsels of men."

"He could not conceive that human beings should be locked in mortal combat forever, nor did he forget that peace alone would give him the chance to provide a decent life for his fellow citizens."

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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