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Corazon Aquino

ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

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RECENT ADDITIONS

George W. Bush

Call to Unite PSA [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Oprah Winfrey

Cecil B. DeMille Award Acceptance Address [HD Video Restored]

Joe Biden

Address at a Pfizer Manufacturing Site [w/ AudioXE and Video]
Brief Remarks on the Military Takeover in Burma/Myanmar [w/ AudioXE and Video]

Colin Powell

9/11 Remarks at the Organization of American States [w/ Video Excerpt]

George H.W. Bush

Address to the Nation on Somalia Humanitarian Relief Efforts (Operation Restore Hope) [w/ Authenticated Text, AudioXE, and Video]

Robert Gates

Commencement Address at the University of Georgia [w/ Audio and Video]

Rickey Henderson

MLB Hall of Fame Induction Address [Entire Video Added]

Donald J. Trump

Presidential Departure Ceremony Address [w/ Authenticated Text, AudioXE, and Video]

Michelle Obama

UC Merced Commencement Address [Extended Video Excerpt Added]

David Panuelo

Address to the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations [w/ Video]

Amanda Gorman

Reading of Her Poem at 59th U.S. Presidential Inauguration [w/ AudioXE, and Video]

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

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Wanbli Ohitika

Margaret Thatcher

SPEECH OF THE WEEK

MARY FISHER: 'A WHISPER OF AIDS'

Text and Audio of Address

"Less than three months ago at platform hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the Republican Party to lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of HIV and AIDS. I have come tonight to bring our silence to an end. I bear a message of challenge, not self-congratulation. I want your attention, not your applause."

"I ask you, here in this great hall, or listening in the quiet of your home, to recognize that AIDS virus is not a political creature. It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican; it does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old."

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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