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'Let's get to work' Obama says as he concludes speech PHOTO: Former President Barack Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (Brynn Anderson/AP)
Former President Barack Obama played the role of elder statesman in last night’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, conveying a message of hope, admiration and determination.
The speech is expected to touch on Harris and Obama's 20 years of friendship and political camaraderie with Harris. The two met at a fundraiser back when Obama was vying for the Illinois seat in ...
Supporters cheering as Obama delivers his speech in Grant Park. In his speech, Obama reflected on the hard times of the campaign and the "challenges that America would face ahead." TV coverage of the speech showed Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey weeping in the crowd. [13] [14] Obama's speech also marked the first time a President-elect referred ...
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46]
President Barack Obama addressing the Congress, with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The 2010 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on January 27, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 111th United States Congress.
7:36 p.m. Obama began his speech by saying he’s in town for one reason — to ask people to vote for Stein and Harris. Obama urged attendees to make sure their friends and families have a plan ...
Hope. Obama began drafting his speech while staying in a hotel in Springfield, Illinois, several days after learning he would deliver the address. [9] According to his account of that day in The Audacity of Hope, Obama states that he began by considering his own campaign themes and those specific issues he wished to address, and while pondering the various people he had met and stories he had ...