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Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke to supporters at a community event in Perry, Iowa. He was joined by Tom Vilsack, the former Obama administration agr…

On the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, party leaders, former presidential candidates and others spoke about Senator John Kerry’s candidacy and building on the…

Gene Sperling talked about the challenges involved with providing education services for children in conflict zones, including the lack of education for girls in Afghanistan. He also compare…

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah spoke about challenges ahead for achieving Universal Primary Education, one of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals and the focus of USAID’s Global…

Abraham Awolich, one of Sudan’s “Lost Boys” spoke at an education summit held by the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was displaced from his village in 1988 during the Sudanese …

Representative Steve King (R) and former first lady of Iowa Christie Vilsack (D) met in their final debate for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District seat. Topics included the Farm Bill, jobs, ta…

Republican Congressman Steve King and Democratic challenger Christie Vilsack debated for Iowa’s new 4th Congressional District. Courtesy of KTIV and Northwestern College.

Rahm Emanuel spoke about the accomplishments of the Obama administration to date, the 2012 presidential campaign, weaknesses of the Republican field, and the future of the U.S. economy under…

Governor Tom Vilsack announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Following brief remarks by Iowa politicians and Party officials and some “warm-up” music by a lo…

Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), a 2004 presidential candidate, spoke to supporters in St. Louis, Missouri about issues including education, global warming, and foreign policy. He also …

Officials and campaign representatives joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal the day before the 2004 Presidential Iowa Caucuses to talk about the process of the caucuses. They also responded to…

A number of Iowa state officials, including state senators and the wife of Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, endorsed Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) for president. Some officials were not ide…

Democratic Candidates for the 2004 Presidential Election attend a picnic in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The event, called the “Vilsack/Pederson Family Picnic,” is an annual political event hosted …

Christie Vilsack, wife of Iowa Governor Vilsack, talked about the Iowa Caucuses and their role in the presidential campaign. She also voiced her support for Vice President Gore’s campaign. S…