Commencement Speeches 2006

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COMMENCEMENT
  C-SPAN SPECIAL
2006 Commencement Addresses 
Every summer, C-SPAN offers a selection of the graduation season's college commencement addresses. This year's speeches air on American Perspectives every Sat. at 8pm on C-SPAN.


PREVIOUSLY AIRED COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES 
 
 
MAY & JUNE 2006: 
  Sen. Barack Obama
        Univ. of Massachusetts

  Defense Sec. Donald Rumsfeld
        U.S. Air Force Academy

  Bob Schieffer - Anchor of the CBS Evening News
        College of Notre Dame - Baltimore, MD

  Anderson Cooper - Anchor of Anderson Cooper 360
        Yale Univ. - New Haven, CT

  Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State
        Boston College - Boston, MA

  Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. - Publisher of the New York Times
        State University of New York - New Paltz, NY

  Laura Bush - First Lady
        Roger Williams Univ. - Bristol, RI

  Wangari Maathai - 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner
        Connecticut College - New London, CT

  Lance Armstrong - Tour de France Winner and Cancer Survivor
        Tufts Univ. - Medford, MA

  Paul Tagliabue - NFL Commissioner
        Georgetown Univ. - Washington, DC

  Vinton Cerf - V.P. & Chief Internet Evangelist for Google
        Marymount Univ. - Arlington, va

  Craig Newmark - Founder of Craigslist.com
        USC's Annenberg School of Communication. - Los Angeles, CA

  Fmr. Sec. of State Colin Powell
        Marymount Univ. - Arlington, VA
 
 
  Pres. Bush
        Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Biloxi, MS

  James Carville - Democratic Political Consultant
        Loyola Univ. - New Orleans, LA

  Gen. Peter Pace - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
        The Citadel - Charleston, SC

  Jackie Spinner - Washington Post Reporter
        Lakeland College - Sheboygan, WI

 
 
 
 
 
 



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