As I was winding down last night I had the bedside radio tuned to the local jazz programming, which is followed by the BBC at 10:00am GMT (midnight here). About 15 minutes into the news, they cut away to Cairo and I heard a familiar voice. They broadcast the first 15 minutes or so of the President's speech, enough time for me to go out and turn on C-Span in hopes it could be found live on one of those channels. Sure enough, it was.
It's a long speech, although at 55 minutes it's no longer than the high school and college classes I took a million years ago. You can read the text, but seeing and hearing it gives you a much better feel for both the speech and its reception in the hall.
Update: Daniel Levy has some good analysis at TPM.
Posted by Linkmeister at June 4, 2009 08:19 AM | TrackBack