Oval Office Address
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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]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Williams, Bronwyn; Zenger, Amy (2007). Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 0-415-36095-1. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- ^ Lu 2004, p. 147
- ^ Lu 2004, p. 271
- ^ Lu 2004, p. 28
- ^ Michael E. Eidenmuller. "The Rhetoric of 9/11: President George W. Bush – Address to the Nation on 9-11-01". Americanrhetoric.com. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- ^ Connolly, Katie (2010-06-15). "As it happened: Obama oil spill address". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
[edit] Bibliography
- Lu, Xin-An; Rita Sullivan (2004). Gems from the top 100 speeches. IUniverse. ISBN 0-595-30856-2.
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