Barack Obama Speeches

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Barack Obama Speeches

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• Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention:
  • Washington Post: "Transcript: Illinois Senate Candidate Barack Obama" (2004)
  • MySpace TV: Obama's DNC Keynote Address (Time 17:43)

• 2002 Remarks Against Going to War with Iraq:
  • Official Site: Remarks of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq
  • "You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings."

• 2006 'Call to Renewal' Speech:
  • Official Site: Call to Renewal Keynote (2006) 
  • Slate: "In Good Faith: The Real Meaning of Barack Obama's Speech on Religion and Politics" (2006)
  • "This is why, if we truly hope to speak to people where they're at - to communicate our hopes and values in a way that's relevant to their own - we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse."

• Announcement of 2008 Presidential Candidacy:
  • Washington Post: "Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's Announcement Speech" (2007)
  • "I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness -- a certain audacity -- to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change."

• Official Site: "A Way Forward in Iraq" (2006)
• Council on Foreign Relations: "Obama's Speech, 'Lessons on Iraq'" (October 12, 2007)

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