Aug 26th, 2008 · In his keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, the former Virgina Gov. Mark Warner talks about the future of America and that electing Barack Obama president is the nation's "one shot to get it right."
Aug 25th, 2008 · Michelle Obama takes the national stage tonight, giving the keynote speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. She will focus on the story of her husband, Barack Obama, and their family. "I want people to understand who we are as a family, what our values are," she said.
Aug 25th, 2008 · The keynote address for the opening night of the Democratic National Convention will come from a woman who might become the country's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Chicago businesswoman Valerie Jarrett, a longtime friend of the Obamas and a senior advisor to the Illinois senator's presidential campaign, describes what few may know about Michelle Obama and why she's a leader in her own right.
Aug 24th, 2008 · At the 2004 Democratic Convention, John Kerry was the presidential nominee and the keynote address was given by Barack Obama — who was then an Illinois state senator running for the U.S. Senate.
Jun 13th, 2008 · President Bush gave the keynote address of his current European tour in France today. This is his last scheduled visit to Europe as president. Bush acknowledged that there had been strains in the U.S.-European relationship during his administration but he said the U.S. and Europe had also had disagreements in the past — the Suez Crisis in the 1950s, for example, and the basing of missiles in Europe in the 1980s. "Yet with the distance of time," he said, "we can see these differences for what they were...fleeting disagreements between friends." Before flying to Paris, the president met with the pope at the Vatican.
Jun 9th, 2008 · He may have come up short in the presidential primary, but Mike Huckabee saved a state senator from choking this weekend at North Carolina's State Republican Party Convention. Huckabee was at the luncheon to give a keynote speech and ended up giving the Heimlich maneuver.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor is scheduled to give a keynote address at Detroit's NAACP chapter Sunday. The address is one of several public appearances by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright since his connection to Obama caused controversy last month. Renee Montagne talks with Fredrick Harris, professor of political science at Columbia University, about the significance of Wright's address.
Sep 29th, 2006 · Gun maker Cecil Brooks, whose hand-crafted firearms have been presented as gifts to keynote speakers at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting since 1955, died recently of heart failure at the age of 93.