Representative American speeches 2008-2009
By: edited by Brian Boucher
Series: Reference shelf -- v. 81, no. 6; Reference shelf -- v. 81, no. 6.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780824210939
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Politique et gouvernement; Discours américains
Description: Collects twenty speeches from 2008 and 2009 by political figures, including Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden, on topics including foreign policy, journalism, global warming, and innovation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: A new administration takes office.; title: Inaugural address  -- Barack Obama ;; title: Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference  -- Joseph Biden, Jr. ;; title: Americans can do anything  -- Piyush Amrit "Bobby" Jindal ;; title: From compaigning to governing  -- Thomas E. Mann ;; title: Keeping America safe  -- Richard "Dick" Cheney ;; title: Address on foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations  -- Hillary Rodham Clinton; title: The future of journalism and the media.; title: What public broadcasting can learn from commercial media, and vice versa  -- Vivian Schiller ;; title: Keynote address to the "News Literacy : Setting a National Agenda" Conference / Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. ;; title: Testimony on the future of journalism before the U.S. Senate  -- David Simon ;; title: Journalism's many crises  -- Todd Gitlin; title: The energy crisis.; title: Achieving energy security and addressing climate change  -- James Mulva ;; title: Natural gas and the jackrabbit  -- Jesse H. Ausubel ;; title: From rhetoric to reality : U.S. and global energy security  -- Shirley Ann Jackson ;; title: Remarks at the Aspen Environment Forum  -- Lisa P. Jackson; title: The auto industry : the bailout and beyond.; title: Testimony on the state of the domestic automobile industry before the U.S. Senate  -- Ron Gettelfinger ;; title: Testimony before the House Select Committee on energy independence and global warming  -- Joan Claybrook ;; title: Announcement on the auto industry  -- Barack Obama ;; title: The new General Motors : "Day one" / Frederick A. "Fritz" Henderson --; title: The American city.; title: A city of innovation  -- Greg Nickels ;; title: MetroPolicy : a new partnership for a metropolitan nation  -- Bruce Katz ;; title: Addressing America's shrinking cities  -- Jay Williams ;; title: The state of the borough -- Adolfo Carrión Jr.