Source Note 1: President Obama’s Inauguration Speech
Summary: President Barack Obama’s inaugural address to a country in peril focuses on many issues affecting foreign and domestic policy.
Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to play a large role in Israel’s development?
Category: Institutional – government
What is it? An official transcript of the President’s inaugural address, accompanied by a video.
Title: Inaugural Address
Publication Information: The White House; January 20, 2009
Author: President Barack Hussein Obama
Location: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address/ accessed January 22, 2009.
Support:
Quotes the Bible, Thomas Paine, Declaration of Independence, and references Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy.
Source Analysis:
Address from the newly inaugurated President to the American public.
Usefulness:
President Obama’s speech was delivered to a country short on optimism and a world hopeful for better days to come. With this broad spectrum of people in mind, it touches on each of these groups, giving a tone of inclusiveness. For the firs time in history, Muslims and “non-believers” are mentioned in an inaugural speech. Although President Obama does not go into detailed descriptions of his policies, he focuses on remaining realistic about the hard times ahead while promising to restore the world’s opinion of the United States.
Works cited:
Obama Speech Draws on Surprising Sources
President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
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