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 ...

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 ...

The significance of President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, this morning—whether it marks a turning point in American foreign policy or just a string of lofty sentiments—will depend ...

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 ...

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Historians may remember Barack Obama ’s inaugural address as a good speech, well delivered, a call to the United States to rise and fight its troubles. They might say it was unifying, a break ...

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.

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.

Given that, we decided to look back at Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress, in February 2009 – a State of the Union speech in all but name. We wanted to see what his priorities were, ...

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 ...