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Speeches collection: Major speeches by key personalities such as John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jimmy Carter, Douglas MacArthur, Richard Nixon, and Robert Kennedy.

WETA Archives: WPA exclusively represents the archives of public broadcaster WETA, which has been covering Washington for decades. Some highlights:

- Government Hearings: Congressional hearings for Watergate, Iran-Contra, Church Committee, Waco, Whitewater, JFK and MLK assassinations, and Supreme Court nominations of Sandra Day O’Connor and Clarence Thomas.

- Capitol Journal and Lawmakers (both 1980s), and Washington Week (2000s): Series looking at numerous topics of the day, from health care to censorship, political scandals to terrorism, domestic policy to foreign relations.

- Topical programs and documentaries: From the 1980s to 2000s, covering a wide range of issues. Working mothers, nations of Africa, the U.S. Supreme Court, bioterrorism, race relations, and gun control are a few of the subjects addressed.