Then Dennis Van Roekel, outgoing from the NEA's presidency after six long, slow, boring years, gave a long, rambling valedictory speech. (educationnext.org)
Let's be honest: Most salespeople weren't the high - honors kids competing to give the valedictory speech. (entrepreneur.com)
The most observable example of transatlantic tensions in the field of security was perhaps the valedictory speech of Defence Secretary Robert Gates given in Brussels at the midst of the Libyan air campaign in June 2011. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)