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The following is a list of all speeches available online presented in 2002 arranged chronologically.

 

 

Date: 12/06/2002

Speaker: Christiane Amanpour
Title: Chief International Correspondent, CNN
Speech:
While America Slept: Bombs, but Then What?

 

Date: 12/04/2002

Speaker: Michael Beschloss
Title: Presidential historian, author The Conquerors
Speech: Building a World After War

 

Date: 11/07/2002

Speaker: The Honorable Orrin Hatch
Title: United States Senator from Utah
Speech: Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator

 

 

Date: 11/04/2002

Speaker: Jeffrey Garten
Title: Dean, Yale School of Management
Speech: New Roles and Responsibilities for Business Leaders Post 9/11

 

 

Date: 10/22/2002

Speaker: Bill Simon
Title: Republican Candidate for Governor of California

 

 

Date: 10/17/2002

Speaker: His Excellency Franz von Daniken
Title: State Secretary, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Speech: Partnership Between the United States and Switzerland: Opportunities and Limits

 

Date: 10/14/2002

Speaker: His Excellency Farid Abboud
Title: Ambassador of Lebanon o the United States
Speech:
Lebanon and the Present Situation in the Middle East

 

 

Date: 10/02/2002

Speaker: Ernst Welteke
Title: President, Deutsche Bundesbank
Speech: European Monetary Union: Reflections and Perspectives

 

 

Date: 09/24/2002

Speaker:Carol Bellamy
Title: Executive Director, UNICEF
Speech: Confronting Children's Challenges Around the World

Date: 07/25/2002
Speaker: The Honorable Rockwell Schnabel
Title: U.S. Representative to the European Union
Speech: The Relationship Between the United States and the European Union

Date: 06/28/2002
Speaker: David Hackworth
Author: Steel my Soldiers Hearts

Date: 06/20/2002
Speaker: His Excellency Lien Chang
Title: Chairman, Kuomintang party, Taiwan
Speech: Relations Across the Taiwan Strait

Date: 06/18/2002
Speaker: Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Title: Ambassador of United Kingdom to the United Nations
Speech: Fighting Terrorism: The United Nations Essential Role

Date: 06/12/2002
Speaker: Gordon B. Hinckley
Title: President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Date: 06/11/2002
Speaker: His Excellency Wang Yingfan
Title: Ambassador of China to the United Nations
Speech: Current status of U.S./China relations

Date: 04/03/2002
Speaker: His Excellency Milos Zeman
Title: Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Speech: The Czech Response to the U.S. International Policy

Date: 03/28/2002
Speaker: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Title: United States Senator from California
Speech: Global Poverty and the War on Terrorism

Date: 03/25/2002
Speaker: His Excellency Vladimir Meciar
Title: Former Prime Minister of Slovakia,
        Chairman, Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Speech: Slovakia as an Integrated Part of Europe

Date: 03/21/2002
Speaker: Daniel Yergin
Title: Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Speech: Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

Date: 03/14/2002
Speaker: Christian Blickenstorfer
Title: Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States
Speech: Swiss-American Relations Against the Backdrop of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11th

Date: 03/12/2002
Speaker: Michael Dukakis
Title: Chairman, Amtrak Board of Directors
Speech: Security Issues and Transportation: AMTRAK's New Focus

Date: 02/20/2002
Speaker: General Joseph W. Ralston
Title: United States Armed Forces, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Speech: U.S. Security and the European Theater

Date: 02/19/2002
Speaker: The Honorable John Negroponte
Title: United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Speech: 

Date: 02/13/2002
Speaker: The Honorable Rod Paige
Title: United States Secretary of Education
Speech: Educating a New Generation

Date: 02/11/2002
Speaker: His Excellency Erwin Teufel
Title: Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Speech: German-American Relations Before and After September 11th

Date: 02/08/2002
Speaker: The Honorable Spencer Abraham
Title: United States Secretary of Energy 
Speech: U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy

Date: 02/05/2002
Speaker: Vitaly Ignatenko
Title: Director General, ITAR-TASS Russian News Agency
Speaker: Ara Abramyan
Title: President, Union of Armenians in Russia
 

Date: 01/29/2002
Speaker: Prof Stanley Wolpert
Title: Professor of Asian History
Speech: India-Pakistan - What Next?