Address from the president
Word cloud
Most frequently used words in Obama's speech
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | 10:56 PM ET
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U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a prime-time speech Tuesday, outlining his Afghan strategy.
The following Wordle graphic analyzes that speech to see which terms appeared most often in Obama's prepared remarks, 4,558 words in length.
The larger the word in the graphic, the more times it appeared in the speech. Note: common words such as "the" and "and" aren't included.
Wordle graphic. (www.wordle.net)
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