Publisher Description
Expanded from the original, Yes We Can! offers highlights from speeches by Barack Obama and includes his entire inaugural address as an added bonus. For this collection, speeches were chosen to showcase President Obama's powerful, inspiring rhetoric of hope and change and to represent his stands on issues such as climate, energy, service, and the Iraq war.
Includes:
- 2004 DNC Keynote Address
- Roast of Representative Rahm Emanuel
- Take Back America
- Call to Renewal
- My Plans for 2008
- The War We Need to Win
- Yes We Can
- A More Perfect Union
- AP Annual Luncheon Address
- Remarks on Service
- Address to the People of Berlin
- New Energy for America
- 2008 DNC Address
- Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner
- President-Elect Victory Speech
- Remarks to the Global Climate Summit
- Introduction of Clinton and National Security Team
- Inaugural Address
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About Barack Obama
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the author of two previous New York Times bestselling books, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, and the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. In addition to his work as a community organizer, he practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama is especially proud of being a husband and father of two daughters.