Representative American speeches, 2008-2009 / edited by Brian Boucher.

Contributor Boucher, Brian.

Imprint:New York : H. W. Wilson, 2009.

Descriptionix, 215 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Includes index and "Cumulative Speaker Index: 2000-2009.

Note:I. A NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKES OFFICE: Inaugural address / Barack Obama -- Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference / Joseph Biden, Jr. -- Americans can do anything / Piyush Amrit "Bobby" Jindal -- From campaigning to governing / Thomas E. Mann -- Keeping America safe / Richard "Dick" Cheney -- Address on foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations / Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Note:II. THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM AND MEDIA: What public broadcasting can learn from commercial media, and vice versa / Vivian Schiller -- Keynote address to the "News Literacy: Setting a National Agenda" Conference / Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. -- Testimony on the future of journalism before the U.S. Senate / David Simon -- Journalism's many crises / Todd Gitlin.

Note:III. THE ENERGY CRISIS: Achieving energy security and addressing climate change / James Mulva -- Natural gas and the jackrabbit / Jesse H. Ausubel -- From rhetoric to reality: U.S. and global energy security / Shirly Ann Jackson -- Remarks at the Aspen Environment Forum / Lisa P. Jackson.

Note:IV. THE AUTO INDUSTRY: Testimony on the state of the domestic automobile industry before the U.S. Senate / Ron Gettelfinger -- Testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Dependence and Global Warming / Joan Claybrook -- Announcement on the auto industry / Barack Obama -- The new General Motors: "Day one" / Frederick A. "Fritz" Henderson.

Note:V. THE AMERICAN CITY: A city of Innovation / Greg Nickels -- MetroPolicy: a new partnership for a metropolitan nation / Bruce Katz -- Addressing America's shrinking cities / Jay Williams -- The State of the borough / Adolgo Carrion Jr.

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