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White House, "Chance for Peace" Speech - Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Presidential Library, U.S. Embassy, History.com, May 29, 1959

The Chance for Peace speech, also known as the Cross of Iron speech, was an address given by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16, 1953,…

Tags: Arms Spending, Defense, Eisenhower, Poverty, Priorities, Public Needs

Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 1), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Budget, Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 2), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

Mobile World Congress, Amina J. Mohammed, A Call for Ethical Uses of Technology, Mobile World Congress, United Nations, February 25, 2019

On February 25, 2019, Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed talked about the pace of technological change at the Mobile World Congress. She…

Tags: Access, Amina J. Mohammed, Inequality, Innovation, Privacy, Public Good, Technology

Lawrence Jackson THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009, White House, Office of the Press Secretary, September 9 2009

United States President Barack Obama discussed his plan for health care reform in a speech delivered to a joint session of the 111th United States…

Tags: Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Obama, Public Health, Speech, US Congress

Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - Logo AP - Photograph, 2006 - Logo 2020 April - Photograph

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading, national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States…

Tags: CDC, Diseases, Media, Public Health, United States

New York University, Northwestern University's Department of Political Science, Cody Keenan, Taking Risks in Public Service, NYU, May 19, 2015 2020

In an address dated May 19, 2015, former President Obama's Senior Advisor and Chief Speechwriter, Cody Keenan, advises public service graduates to…

Tags: Cody Keenan, Failure, Public Service, Risk-Taking, Speech

Unknown, FDR'S Fireside Chats, National Records and Archives Administration, March 12 1933

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly referred to as “FDR,”who took executive office in early 1933, would become the only president in American…

Tags: FDR, Fireside Chats, Great Depression, Historic, Radio, WWII

Televison, Jacinda Ardern, A Call for Tolerance and Rejecting Hate, Government of New Zealand, March 15 2019

In a speech dated March 15, 2019, Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern speaks of the Christchurch Shooting Massacre. Ardern emphasizes…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Christchurch, diversity, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand, Pluralism, Tolerance

US Senate National Public Radio, Inc., John McCain, A Call for Compromise in Public Service, U.S. Senate, National Public Radio, Inc., New York Times, Channel 12 News Author: Hayden Packwood (KPNX), Publisher: 12News. Published: 12:00 PM MST September 1, 2017, July 25, 2017

Former senator John McCain, in a speech dated July 25, 2017, criticizes the winner-take-all approach of modern politics. Rather, McCain emphasises in…

Tags: Compromise, John McCain, Politics, Public Service, Tribalism, US Senate