Miller Center

Speeches on Iraq

Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General

Address to General Assembly; September 23, 2003
Statement on High-level meeting on Iraq; September 18, 2006

Richard L. Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State

Remarks on Abu Dhabi Television on post-transition Iraq

Azores Summit - Atlantic Alliance of US, UK, Spain

Plan for Iraq and Iraqis; March 16, 2003

Joseph Biden, Democratic Senator from Delaware

Getting it Right in Iraq" speech; April 15, 2004

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Remarks with President Bush at Camp David; September 7, 2002
Open letter to British troops in Iraq, April 4, 2003

Hans Blix, United Nations Weapons Inspector

Update to the Security Council on Compliance with Resolution 1441

L. Paul Bremer, Head of Coalition Provisional Authority

First Statement of the Coalition Provisional Authority; May 16, 2003
Coalition De-Ba'athification order; May 16, 2003
Coalition order dissolving Iraqi Army; May 16, 2003
Press conference on capture of Saddam Hussein; December 14, 2003

Gordon Brown, current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

"We still have duties to discharge in Iraq" Press Conference with George W. Bush at Camp David; July 30, 2007

George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

Statement of Bush Doctrine, commencement address at West Point; June 1, 2002
Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly; September 12, 2002
President outlines Iraqi threat; October 7, 2002
Speech on the Future of Iraq; February 26, 2003
President's Address to the Nation; March 17, 2003
Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House; March 18, 2003
President's Letter to Congress; March 19, 2003
President's radio address on Operation Iraqi Freedom; April 5, 2003
President's Address to the nation; April 13, 2004
End of Major Combat speech; May 1, 2003
President on Al Arabiya Television addressing prisoner abuse; May 5, 2004
Freedom in Iraq speech; November 6, 2003
President's response to Senate Intelligence Report, July 9, 2004
President on 2004 Duelfer Iraq WMD report, October 7, 2004
Speech on outline for victory in Iraq; November 30, 2005
Speech on rebuilding Iraq; December 7, 2005
President discusses Rice and Rumsfeld visits to Baghdad; May 1, 2006
"The New Way Forward" address to the nation; January 10, 2007
President's radio address on his visit to Baghdad, June 17, 2006

Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia

Speech on "True Cost of War"; February 26, 2003
Speech on "The Arrogance of Power"; March 19, 2003

Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States

Remarks on War on Terror; July 24, 2003
Remarks to the Heritage Foundation; October 10, 2003
Remarks on Iraq and the War on Terror; January 4, 2006
Vice President's remarks on occasion of visit to Iraq; May 10, 2007

Wesley Clark, former general and presidential candidate

Remarks on Iraq; January 21, 2004

European Union

April 2004 declaration on Iraq

Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary for Defense Policy

"Freedom, Safety and Sovereignty" speech, February 17, 2005

Robert Gates, Defense Secretary

To Senate Armed Services Committee, on surge, January 12, 2007

Al Gore, former vice president and presidential candidate

Address on Iraq Policy; May 26, 2004

Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor

Remarks on Iraq to the Council on Foreign Relations; October 18, 2005

Saddam Hussein, deposed ruler of Iraq

Translation of Saddam's letter to the Iraqi people, April 28, 2003

Iraqi Expatriate Opposition to Saddam Hussein

Declaration of the Shia of Iraq; July 15, 2002

Edward Kennedy, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts

"America, Iraq, and Presidential Leadership" speech; January 14, 2004

Joseph Lieberman, Independent Democratic Senator from Connecticut

"What I Saw in Iraq"; June 15, 2007

John McCain, Republican Senator from Arizona

"Iraq: The Test of a Generation"; April 22, 2004
Speech on "Winning the War in Iraq"; October 10, 2005
Letter to the Arizona Republic: "U.S. Security Depends On Iraq Democracy"; May 19, 2006
Response to Democratic Resolution on Iraq; March 14, 2007

Bill McCoy, Major General, U.S. Army

Response to Washington Post article on Iraq reconstruction; August 6, 2006

John Murtha, Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania

Speech on progress of war; November 17, 2005

David Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force in Iraq

Commanding General's letter to the Iraqi people; May 16, 2007

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Floor Statement on Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act; July 12, 2007

Colin Powell, former Secretary of State

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General for Iraq

Speech to the Kurdish assembly; June 4, 2005
Statement to the Iraqi National Accord; November 19, 2005
Speech to the Security Council; December 11, 2006

Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State and Former National Security Advisor

"Why We Know Iraq is Lying"; January 23, 2003
Speech on Iraqi democracy; December 15, 2005

Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense

To People of Iraq, April 30, 2003
Television address to Iraqi people; December 5, 2003
Statement before the Senate on prisoner abuse May 7, 2004

Richard Shelby, Republican Senator from Alabama

Speech on the progress of the War, February 8, 2007

Jack Straw, British Foreign Minister

Report on Iraqi non-compliance with UN Resolutions, March 15, 2003

United Nations Security Council

Resolution 1546, endorsing Interim Iraqi Government

White House Staff

Response to Harry Reid's speech on war funding; April 3, 2007

Musab al Zarqawi, Iraqi insurgent leader

Letter to insurgents; February 2004 translation