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The following is a list of all speeches available online presented in 1998 arranged chronologically starting in January.

 

  Date:             1/13/1998

  Speaker:      Anson Chan

  Title:              Chief Secretary for Administration, Hong Kong Special

  Speech:        Hong Kong: New Era, New Opportunities

  Category:     Asia

  Link:              Chan

  Date:  1/21/1998

  Speaker:  Sir Christopher Meyer

  Title:  British Ambassador to the United States

  Speech:  The U.K.-U.S. Global Partnership

  Category:  Europe

  Link:  Meyer

  Date:  2/17/1998

  Speaker:  Jesse L. Jackson

  Title:  President and CEO, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

  Speech:  Changing Times: Changeless Values; Continuing Challenges

  Category:  Other

  Link:  Jackson

  Date:  2/19/1998

  Speaker:  Los Angeles Times Senior Editorial Staff

  Title:  Los Angeles Times

  Speech:

  Category:  Predictions

  Link:  LA Times


  Date:  2/23/1998

  Speaker:  Jack Kemp

  Title:  Co-Director, Empower America

  Speech:  Why America Must Lead

  Category:  Foreign Policy

  Link:  Kemp

  Date:  4/3/1998

  Speaker:  Eberhard Diepgen

  Title:  Governing Mayor of Berlin

  Speech:  Berlin: Toward the Year 2000

  Category:  Europe

  Link:  Diepgen

  Date:  4/21/1998

  Speaker:  Kofi Annan

  Title:  Secretary General of the United Nations

  Speech:  The Humanitarian Challenge Today

  Category:  Humanitarian Affairs

  Link:  Annan

  Date:  6/16/1998

  Speaker:  Wei Jingsheng

  Title:  Human Rights Activist

  Speech:  China's Role in the World's Future

  Category:  Asia

  Link:  Wei


  Date:  6/29/1998

  Speaker:  William S. Cohen

  Title:  Secretary of Defense of the United States

  Speech:  America—Confronting the Issues and Staying the Course

  Category:  Defense Policy

  Link:  Cohen

  Date:  9/15/1998

  Speaker:  Warren Christopher

  Title:  Former Secretary of State

  Speech:  Shaping Foreign Policy for a New Era

  Category:  Foreign Policy

  Link:  Christopher

  Date:  9/16/1998

  Speaker:  Ehud Barak

  Title:  Member of the Knesset and  Labour Party Candidate for Prime

  Speech:  Alternative Directions for the Middle East Peace Process

  Category:  Middle Eas

  Link:  Barak

  Date:  9/28/1998

  Speaker:  Robert Kocharian

  Title:  President, Republic of Armenia

  Speech:  Armenia's Role in the International Community

  Category:  Europe

  Link:  Kocharian


  Date:  10/1/1998

  Speaker:  Jack Valenti

  Title:  Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America

  Speech:  Hollywood and Washington: Sprung from the same DNA

  Category:  Other

  Link:  Valenti

  Date:  10/27/1998

  Speaker:  Fernando Remirez De Estenoz

  Title:  First Deputy Minister, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Speech:  "Cuba's Future in the Twenty-First Century"

  Category:  Latin America

  Link:  Estenoz

  Date:  10/29/1998

  Speaker:  Lee Kuan Yew

  Title:  Senior Minister and Former Prime Minister of Singapore

  Speech:  The Media and Asia

  Category:  Asia

  Link:  Yew

  Date:  11/5/1998

  Speaker:  Strobe Talbott

  Title:  Deputy Secretary of State

  Speech:  Decision Making and Foreign Policy

  Category:  Foreign Policy

  Link:  Talbott


  Date:  11/6/1998

  Speaker:  Franklin A. Sonn

  Title:  Ambassador of South Africa to the United States

  Speech:  Hopes and Realizable Dreams for the Future of South Africa

  Category:  Africa

  Link:  Sonn

  Date:  11/9/1998

  Speaker:  Mark D. Gearan

  Title:  Director of the Peace Corps

  Speech:  The Peace Corps Preparing for the 21st Century

  Category:  Humanitarian

  Link:  Gearan