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Selected Democratic Speeches

(If anyone has adapted Republican speeches especially for ESL students, I'd be happy to provide a link to your work)
     Obama Delivers Speech at NAACP Centennial Convention
   "What we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the NAACP has traveled,
     but the journey that we, as Americans, have traveled over the past 100 years."

    July 17, 2009
    (35 - 43 minutes long depending on listening speed)
     President Obama: Press Conference on June 23, 2009
  Obama talks about Iran, clean energy, and health care.
   

    PART 1    (17 - 22 minutes long depending on listening speed)
    PART 2    (18 - 23 minutes long depending on listening speed)  
    PART 3    (18 - 22 minutes long depending on listening speed)
 

   President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University
    June 4, 2009 -   Obama's speech to Muslims -
    
We can confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.
     Part One      (26-33 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)  
     Part Two      (28-35 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)

 
2009 Archive
     President Obama: Protecting Our Security and Our Values
   Guantanamo, torture, terrorists, national security, fundamental values, and more.

    May 21, 2009
    PART 1    (17 - 21 minutes long depending on listening speed)
    PART 2    (17 - 21 minutes long depending on listening speed)  
    PART 3    (17 - 21 minutes long depending on listening speed)
     Barack Obama’s Notre Dame Commencement Speech
    Obama calls for 'fair-minded' abortion debate, and more.

    May 17, 2009
    (31 - 37 minutes long depending on listening speed)
     "The First 100 Days"  News conference : Obama talks about the flu, the economy, torture, foreign policy, health care, and more.
    April 29, 2009
    PART 1    (18 - 23 minutes long depending on listening speed)
    PART 2    (18 - 23 minutes long depending on listening speed)  
    PART 3    (21 - 26 minutes long depending on listening speed)
      President Barack Obama at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad
    April 17, 2009
    (16-20 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)
 

   President Obama's Second Primetime Press Conference
    March 24, 2009 -    "The steps we're taking to move this economy from recession to recovery"
     Part One      (28-36 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)  
     Part Two      (28-36 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)

 

    President Barack Obama on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’
    March 20, 2009
    (24-30 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)

 

    President Obama's Address to Congress - February 24, 2009
    Part One      (24-28 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)  
    Part Two      (30-34 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)

      President Obama : Inauguration Speech  
    January 20th, 2009

    Transcipt and Audio  (18 - 25 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)  
    Barack Obama : "American Recovery and Reinvestment"
    January 8th, 2009

    Transcipt and Audio  (17 - 22 minutes long depending on chosen listening speed)