Political corruption stories don't get any better than the one that erupted today about the Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was arrest in an alleged attempt to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat has thrown state government up for grabs.

George H. Bush was a former World War II pilot, Texas oil tycoon, Republican congressman, U.N. ambassador and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency before serving as vice president under Ronald Reagan. Here's his January 29, 1991 third State of the Union address.

Stalin's controversial successor to lead the USSR was Nikita Sergeyich Kruschev (1894-1971). He rose from poverty to power and in the midst of the cold war told the US "We will bury you!" But history also shows him as a Communist Party reformer.

Newt Gingrich was the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of the key leaders of the so-called Republican Revolution of the 1990s. After the election of President Barack Obama, Gingrich quickly emerged as one of the administration's harshest and most visible critics.

Hear the voices of the biggest ever anti-poverty movement came together under the banner of Make Poverty History in 2005.

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Hear the speeches of some of the possible Republican candidates who have expressed their interest in running for Presidency in 2008 Election.

President Bush referred in his annual State of the Union address to an "axis of evil" threatening world peace by its development of weapons of mass destruction. Three states were named as constituting this alliance of menace: Iran, Iraq and North Korea. The instantly famous passage from this State of the Union Address delivered 29 January 2002.

Listen to these two intelligent, exceptional commentators who can think rapidly and respond in a microsecond try to find common ground in each other's politcial agendas.

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Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech last 27th of January 2010, Washington, D.C. Overall, a very well-delivered speech. Obama typically can deliver when he needs to, and this wasn't any different. He was measured and precise throughout and really hit home the points he wanted to sell to the American people.

Reagan's first State of the Union address was his first major address following a failed assassination attempt on the president. The speech is also noteworthy as a statement of the philosophy underpinning his Administration's policy initiatives and the twin plagues of high inflation and high unemployment, which burdened the nation in the 1970s.

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Dan Quayle is widely considered to have been one of the most incompetent and inexperienced US Vice Presidents in history. Like Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, American voters we're reminded during election time ads that Dan Quayle: is just a heartbeat away. Through out is his years in the public eye he was painfully confused and inappropriate.

In the State of the Union address, Carter announces the Carter Doctrine, designating all Soviet military interference in the Middle East a direct threat to U.S. national security.

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