Obama Speeches

One Year Later: Obama's Best Speeches (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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HuffPost is looking back at President Obama's best speeches since the election. One year in, help us pick the standouts: VideoCampaignText = "How ...

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Obama's Favorite Phrases

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — For all his flourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiar phrases. Make no mistake. Change isn't easy. It won...

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Obama Becomes Japan's English Teacher

nytimes.com | MIKI TANIKAWA | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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TOKYO When Utako Sakai was changing the background music in her beauty parlor recently, she did not opt for the classical piano pieces she usually cho...

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The Books Obama Should Be Reading

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

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While President Obama was lounging on Martha's Vineyard we asked readers to suggest books he should read. Hundreds of people responded with suggestion...

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Keeping Obama on Message

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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"Actually, Mr. President..." "David?" "One more thing before we move off the logistics."

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Axelrod On Jon Favreau: "I Call Him Mozart"

Chicago Tribune | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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The new president's first address to Congress loomed and Barack Obama had convened a few trusted advisers in the Oval Office. Seated in a chair besi...

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Obama Abandoning 'War On Terror' Catchphrase

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. ...

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Japanese Use Obama's Speeches To Learn English

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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TOKYO — Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama's book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller. In A...

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Not That Kind of Inaugural Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama knows how to get wild, rapturous feedback from crowds. He knows how to set it up -- how to kick up the rhetoric a notch, and the volume a notch -- and how to get a big response.

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Obama's Inaugural Gesture to Hindu America

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Obama's mentioning in his inauguration speech of some of the world's great religions can be seen as recognition not just of the people who follow them, but that religion is an immense cultural resource.

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Obama's Speech Through a Cuban Lens; Leaving Rhetoric Behind

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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The serene statement delivered yesterday by Barack Obama, with his manner of carefully constructed arguments and invocations to harmony, condemned all the rhetoric to be left in the 20th century.

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How Obama is Mediating His Way Toward the Presidency

Grande Lum | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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What has particularly impressed me about Barack Obama is how he frames situations, utilizes language in conflict, and comports himself very much like a mediator.

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Obama's and McCain's Green Promises Are Just a Matter of Speech

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

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Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what...

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2004 Flashback

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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DENVER — The Democratic National Convention starts in the morning and culminates Thursday night when Sen. Barack Obama formally accepts the part...

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Obama Vows To Keep Talking About Absent Black Fathers

Washington Post | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama said he would continue to chastise absentee black fathers and deliver tough love speeches to the black community, even if the Rev. J...

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Bush Official Denies German Press Reports On Obama Speech

Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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The Bush administration is denying reports in German newspapers that officials expressed opposition to a possible Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate...

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Report: Bush Privately Told Germany He Had Misgivings About Obama Speech

Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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**UPDATE** German papers find more evidence that the Bush administration voiced strong opposition to an Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate. Ben Smi...

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Networks May Scale Back Convention Coverage For Obama's Speech

Politico | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Major television networks are considering curtailing coverage of the Democratic National Convention after Monday's announcement that Barack Obama will...

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It's Official: Obama Will Give Convention Speech At Stadium

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Obama will accept the Democratic nomination at Denver's Invesco field -- which can hold over 75,000. "The Democratic Party is nominating a true chan...

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Obama To Counter Questions About Patriotism In Speech

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...

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Obama Race Speech: Read The Full Text

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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UPDATES: Barack Obama Big News Page Remarks of Senator Barack Obama "A More Perfect Union" Constitution Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania W...

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Just Words? Obama Speeches "Discuss Policy As Much As Opponents"

Chicago Tribune | Christi Parsons and John McCormick | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As Barack Obama's town hall meeting stretched into its second hour, it was clear the candidate wasn't anywhere close to finishing. Obama had given an...

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