Representative American speeches, 2005-2006 / edited by Calvin M. Logue, Lynn M. Messina, and Jean DeHart.

Contributor Logue, Cal M. (Cal McLeod), 1935-

Imprint:New York : H. W. Wilson, 2006.

Descriptionix, 182 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Includes index and "Cumulative Speaker Index: 2000-2006.

Note:I. SECRECY AND DISCLOSURE: Computer provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act / Steven M. Martinez -- In the kingdom of the half-blind / Bill Moyers -- What American intelligence and especially the NSA have been doing to defend the nation / Michael V. Hayden -- Fooling the people / Hodding Carter III.

Note:II. AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE ARTS: Eight things I learned in the belly of the whale / Jean Trounstine -- The footprints and the giant: exploring the value of the arts to communities / Andrew Taylor -- "Never show the audience the back of your neck": the Nancy Hanks lecture on arts and public policy / William Safire -- Southeastern theatre conference / Anne Bogart.

Note:III. RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTERS: Address to the nation from New Orleans / George W. Bush -- Rosh Hashanah president's speech / Jerry Elman -- Conference to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake / Dianne Feinstein -- National convention of the American Red Cross / Michael Chertoff.

Note:IV. FARMING AND AGRICULTURE: Transformational farm policy: will it work? / Chuck Hassebrook -- Oh where wilderness?: thoughts on the virtue of farm, family, and the rural life / Justin Isherwood -- 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum--Farm policy: a portfolio of economic opportunity for rural America / Mike Johanns -- University of Wisconsin-Madison commencement address / Odessa Piper.

Note:V. AFRICA: Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum / Condoleezza Rice -- The endangered children of northern Uganda / Jeffrey Krilla -- State of democracy and human rights in Africa: the U.S. perspective / Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

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