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An Oval Office address is a type of speech made by the president of the United States, usually in the Oval Office at the White House. [1] It is considered among the most solemn settings for an address made by a leader, and is most often delivered to announce a major new policy initiative, on the occasion of a leader's departure from office, or ...
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 ...
Mayor Don Iveson delivering the 2015 Edmonton State of the City address. The State of the City Address is an annual speech customarily delivered by the mayors or city managers of many cities in Canada and the United States. They are commonly called as State of the City Address (SOCA) or State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) in the Philippines.
Maya Angelou read an original poem "On the Pulse of Morning," becoming the first poet to address an inauguration since Robert Frost spoke at John F. Kennedy's in 1961.
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
The nation's first African-American president promised 'hope and change' during his campaign and his address focused on a 'new era of responsibility.' President Barack Obama's first inauguration ...
This list of national addresses includes speeches by heads of state or heads of government, often broadcast live over various media (usually radio and television) and directed at the general public. These often take the form of an annual address near the end of the year, but can also respond to pressing current and global events.
The speech is customarily delivered before both houses of the state legislature sitting in joint session, with the exception of the Nebraska Legislature, which is a unicameral body. The speech is given to satisfy a constitutional stipulation that a governor must report annually, or in older constitutions described as being "from time to time ...