To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Share Embed Share URL Video File Node URL Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/1412" allowfullscreen></iframe> John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at American University five months before he was shot. Barack Obama and his "Audacity Of Hope" had its rendezvous with destiny there in 2008 as the Kennedy clan endorsed him.