Since the nineteen forties, the traditional place for political speech by American unions and companies has been through political action committees.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Her speech gave a message of hope to people living in areas affected by drought, high unemployment and housing problems.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

She was the only woman standing nearby as Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.

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But there was still a question about whether corporations could have the same freedom of political speech as real people do.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

President Obama promised to hold a summit on entrepreneurship in his speech to the Islamic world last June in Cairo.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.

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One reason for the speech was the state of Arizona's recent passage of its own law against illegal immigration.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

This week in our series, Kay Gallant and Frank Oliver tell the story of Abraham Lincoln's speech the Gettysburg Address.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

So, when the people of the North expected a speech of victory, he gave them a speech of reconstruction, instead.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

That is a promise." The new governor of Virginia gave the Republican response to the State of the Union speech.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

That was part of a speech that first lady Michelle Obama gave at George Washington University's graduation ceremony in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

He warned about the deepening recession in a speech in Virginia on Thursday, less than 2 weeks before he takes office.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

On a separate issue, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week criticized international efforts by Islamic countries to ban anti-religious speech.

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