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Presidents Say Goodbye: Top Moments in Farewell Speeches from George Washington to Donald Trump


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We're just days away from President Joe Biden leaving the White House.

Which makes this a good time to remember other departing presidents – and their farewell addresses.

Like Richard Nixon speaking to staff, August 9, 1974, the day he resigned the presidency.

You are here to say goodbye to us, and we don't have a good word for it in English -- the best is au revoir. We'll see you again.

Presidents giving farewell addresses … 

• Who spoke from the White House?

• Who used their State of the Union addresses as their farewell?

• Who said goodbye in places other than Washington DC?

• And – of course -- what did they say?

Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly."

It's the best-of presidential farewell speeches …

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