Oval Office Address

U.S. President Ronald Reagan's addresses the nation after the shuttle disaster.

An Oval Office Address is a speech made from the Oval Office in the White House by the President of the United States.^[1] It is sometimes considered the most solemn setting for an address made by the President, often delivered on or during an occasion of national disaster.^[1]

Some previous addresses include John F. Kennedy's 1962 news of the Cuban Missile Crisis,^[2] Jimmy Carter's 1979 "Malaise Speech",^[3] Ronald Reagan's speech following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986,^[4] George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on the evening of the 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks^[5] and Barack Obama's June 2010 speech addressing the issue of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.^[6]

See also

Government of the United States portal

• State of the Union address
• United States presidential address

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Williams, Bronwyn; Zenger, Amy (2007). Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 0415360951. http://books.google.ca/books?id=DDvbNnO4OH8C&pg=PA13&dq=Oval+Office+Address&hl=en&ei=CsdRTfqyIYet8AbTt5HCCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
2. ^ Lu 2004, p. 147
3. ^ Lu 2004, p. 271
4. ^ Lu 2004, p. 28
5. ^ Michael E. Eidenmuller. "The Rhetoric of 9/11: President George W. Bush - Address to the Nation on 9-11-01". Americanrhetoric.com. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
6. ^ Connolly, Katie (2010-06-15). "As it happened: Obama oil spill address". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8741739.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 

Bibliography

• Lu, Xin-An; Rita Sullivan (2004). Gems from the top 100 speeches. IUniverse. ISBN 0595308562. http://books.google.ca/books?id=vbuBhTiFuekC&lpg=PP1&dq=Gems%20from%20the%20Top%20100%20Speeches%3A%20A%20Handy%20Source%20of%20Inspiration%20for%20Your&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 

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