The President's Speech and America's Future Role in the Middle East Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email President Barack Obama reads his speech to photographers after delivering an address to the nation on the end of combat operations in Iraq from the Oval Office on August 31, 2010 ( Nicholas Kamm / Getty ) Produced by Blakeney Schick Produced by PRI and WNYC