The President had been speaking for almost half an hour.

Today, the President spoke about the plan only in general terms.

The president would be speaking in less than ten minutes.

The President spoke of the coming trip across the country.

The President nodded once, coming to a decision, and spoke quickly.

We are doing the "hard work" that the president spoke of.

The feeling went back to the first time he'd heard the President speak, at the inaugural.

There was silence in the room for a long moment after the President spoke.

The president was still speaking and Jack forced himself to listen.

But the President himself has not spoken at length on the plan.