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Benjamin Netanyahu

Address to the Nation on Cessation of "Rising Lion" Military Operation in Iran [w/ English Transcript and Hebrew Video]

General Dan Caine

Press Briefing on "Operation Midnight Hammer" [w/ Authenticated Text, AudioXE, Video]

Donald J. Trump

Announcement of Targeted Air Strikes by U.S. Military on Key Nuclear Facilities in Iran [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Vladimir Putin

Roundtable with Leaders of International News Agencies [w/ English Transcript and Russian to English Language Video]

Barack Obama

Strasbourg Town Hall [w/ Corrected "Inaudible" Text Moments and Transcoded Video Added]

Danny Danon

Address to the UN Security Council on Israel's Military Strikes in Iran [w/ Authenticated Text and Video]

Winston Churchill

"We Shall Fight on the Beaches" [w/ Audio Excerpt]

Ronald Reagan

Moscow State University Address [AI Upscaled Full Video (including Q&A) Added]

Maj Gen Scott Sherman

Press Conference on California National Guard and U.S. Marine Deployment in Los Angeles [w/ Authenticated Text, Enhanced Audio, and Video ]

Gavin Newsom

"Democracy at a Crossroads" Message to the Citizens of California [w/ AudioXE and Video ]

Melania Trump

Remarks at the White House Ceremonial Signing of the 'TAKE IT DOWN' Bill into Law [w/ Authenticated Text 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

ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN: HARVARD COMMENCEMENT

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"The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, each government, each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling groups and the intellectual elite, causing an impression of loss of courage by the entire society. Of course, there are many courageous individuals, but they have no determining influence on public life."

"In the process, however, one psychological detail has been overlooked: the constant desire to have still more things and a still better life and the struggle to attain them imprint many Western faces with worry and even depression, though it is customary to conceal such feelings. Active and tense competition fills all human thoughts without opening a way to free spiritual development."

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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