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The following is a list of all speeches available online presented in 1996 arranged chronologically starting in June.

 

  Date:  6/27/1996

  Speaker:  Muhamed Sacirbey

  Title:  Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

  Speech:  Implementing the Dayton Accord

  Category:  Balkans

  Link:  Sacirbey

 

  Date:  7/25/1996

  Speaker:  John M. Deutch

  Title:  Director of Central Intelligence

  Speech:  The Environment on the Intelligence Agenda

  Category:  Intelligence

  Link:  Deutch

 

  Date:  9/10/1996

  Speaker:  David Hackworth

  Title:  Newsweek Contributing Editor

  Speech:  Hazardous Duty: Reforming the U.S. Armed Forces

  Category:  Defense Policy

  Link:  Hackworth

 

  Date:  10/18/1996

  Speaker:  Franklin A. Sonn

  Title:  Ambassador of South Africa to the United States

  Speech:  South Africa: Progress and Promise

  Category:  Africa

  Link:  Sonn

 

  Date:  10/31/1996

  Speaker:  Jean Luc Dehaene

  Title:  Prime Minister of Belgium

  Speech:  The Transatlantic Partnership: New Challenges for the Near Future

  Category:  Europe

  Link:  Dehaene

 

  Date:  12/18/1996

  Speaker:  Rafik Hariri

  Title:  Prime Minister of Lebanon

  Speech:  On the Reconstruction of Lebanon: Achievements and

  Category:  Middle East

  Link:  Hariri