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Representative American speeches, 2009-2010 / edited by Brian Boucher.

Contributor Boucher, Brian.

Imprint:New York : H. W. Wilson, 2010.

Descriptionix, 184 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Includes index and "Cumulative Speaker Index: 2000-2010."

Note:I. HEALTH CARE REFORM: "Here and now we can meet history's test" / Barack Obama -- Take healthcare off the mainframe / Eric Dishman -- "Today we have the opportunity to complete the great unfinished business of our society / Nancy Pelosi -- "Hell no, you can't! / John Boehner -- Federalism under attack: how Obamacare turns citizens into government minions / Thomas Feeney -- Why the health reform wars have only just begun / Stuart M. Butler.

Note:II. FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY REFORM: Speech at the National Press Club / Barney Frank -- Financial reform must not lead to more taxpayer-funded bailouts / Mitch McConnell -- Remarks by the President on Wall Street reform / Barack Obama -- Statement on financial regulatory reform legislation / Russell "Russ" Feingold -- Dodd-Frank not real reform, just more of the same / Richard Shelby.

Note:III. DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL: Pros and cons of multilateral nonproliferation / Jackie Wolcott -- "Human destiny will be what we make of it" / Barack Obama -- SAIC nuclear arms control through leadership symposium / Sam Nunn -- Verification and the New START Treaty/ Paula DeSutter.

Note:IV. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY: H1N1 preparedness: an overview of vaccine production and distribution / Anne Schuchat -- Remarks at International Donors Conference: toward a new future for Haiti / Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Congressional testimony / Tony Hayward -- Testimony to the Congressional Black Caucus / Paul Farmer.

Note:V. THE STATE AND FUTURE OF PHILANTHROPY: Why on earth would a foundation try to get rid of all of its money? / Gara LaMarche -- Nonprofits, philanthropy and public policy: are we at a critical moment? / Steven Rathgeb Smith -- "The three Ls" / Chris "Ludacris" Bridges -- Remarks to Council on Foundations: 2010 family philanthropy conference / Ben Cameron.



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Butler, Stuart M.
Frank, Barney, 1940-
McConnell, Mitch.
Feingold, Russ, 1953-
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Subject:
United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 21st century.
Health care reform -- United States.
Arms control -- United States.
Disasters -- Government policy -- United States.
Philanthropy and society.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Primary sources.
Speeches.