NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Daniel Shapiro, former ambassador to Israel, about the differences between President Obama's Cairo speech and the one Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave on Thursday.

There was a little something for everybody in the big health-care speech President Obama delivered before a joint session of Congress last night. More than enough nods to the liberal left, a fair ...

In other words, this speech, like many of Obama’s speeches on foreign affairs, was a plea for a return to realism. Obama used similar language when speaking with Russian President Dmitry ...

Sandwiched between his speech on the Afghanistan troop build-up last week and two international speeches later this week, President Obama will deliver an economic policy address Tuesday. Patience ...

WASHINGTON — Amid a summer of setbacks, President Obama’s speech tonight before a joint session of Congress is a crucial moment that could determine whether he will be able to reestablish his ...

Q: Did Obama change his back-to-school speech in response to pressure from conservatives? A: One exercise in the accompanying lesson plan was reworded. FULL QUESTION I have just read the text of ...

What Obama’s inaugural speech achieved – and what it didn’t It was deft. It was dignified. It also aimed to lower Americans’ expectations for better times soon.

President's perilous balancing act Obama's speech to Congress shows a careful tone on the economy - dispelling gloom but maintaining an urgency about doing big things.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address on Wednesday. The speech came amid a public backlash against high unemployment, rising government ...

President Obama’s speech at Fort Hood, Texas, was a small masterpiece—less than 15 minutes—in part because it was so modest. The president had great material and he knew not to get in its way.

Obama, Dec. 3 2009: The term ‘shovel-ready’ — let’s be honest, it doesn’t always live up to its billing. Instead, in his speech Tuesday the president spun the relatively slow pace of ...

Last year, Obama's speech was part pep talk to a country in the depths of an economic recession and part primer, explaining how the United States had gotten into such a fiscal and economic mess.