“An Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People,” a machine-readable edition
Bush, George W. (1946- )
edited by
Sarah E. Spring (editor), Joseph C. Packer (editor)
2007
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Bush, George W. “An Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People.” Official White House website–George W. Bush, September 20, 2001, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html. Video. [=A]
Bush, George W. “An Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People.” Official White House website–George W. Bush, September 20, 2001, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html. Transcript. [=B]
The copy-text is Bush’s 2001 address (=A), a video presentation of the speech from September 20, 2001. This selection was based on the plausible efficacy of the delivered speech in the joint session of Congress and the large number of viewers of the speech both on live television and radio and subsequently in various venues. Applause and other audience
responses are not represented in the text.
The other version (=B) represents the written transcript of the speech offered by the Bush administration. This version is followed for paragraphing, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Classification
J82
20 September 2001
English
Political Science, Presidents–United
States–messages
2006-04-25
VOD Associate Editor
Gaines, Robert N.
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2006-09-26
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