Presidential addresses from the Oval Office since 1981: ---
BARACK OBAMA
-Gulf of Mexico oil spill, June 15, 2010
GEORGE W. BUSH:
-War on terror in Iraq, Sept. 13, 2007
-War on terror, Sept. 11, 2006
-Immigration reform, May 15, 2006
-Iraq and the war on terror, Dec. 18, 2005
-Beginning of combat operations in Iraq, March 19, 2003
-Terrorist attacks, Sept. 11, 2001
BILL CLINTON
-Airstrikes against Serbian targets in Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), March 24, 1999
-U.S. military strike on Iraq, Dec. 16, 1998
-U.S. military strike on terrorist sites in Afghanistan and Sudan, Aug. 20, 1998
-Peace agreement in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov. 27, 1995
-Balanced budget plan, June 13, 1995
-Iraq, Oct. 10, 1994
-Haiti, Sept. 18, 1994
-Haiti, Sept. 15, 1994
-Somalia, Oct. 7, 1993
-National economic program, Aug. 3, 1993
-Strike on Iraqi intelligence headquarters, June 26, 1993
-National economic program, Feb. 15, 1993
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
-Somalia, Dec. 4, 1992
-Hurricane Andrew disaster relief, Sept. 1, 1992
-Los Angeles riots, May 1, 1992
-Reducing U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons, Sept. 27, 1991
-Nomination of Robert Gates as CIA director, Sept. 13, 1991
-Suspension of allied combat operations in the Persian Gulf, Feb. 27, 1991
-Beginning of allied military action in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 16, 1991
-Federal budget agreement, Oct. 2, 1990
-U.S. military deployment to Saudi Arabia, Aug. 8, 1990
-U.S. military action in Panama, Dec. 20, 1989
-National drug control strategy, Sept. 5, 1989
RONALD REAGAN
-Aid to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance, Feb. 2, 1988
-Nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, Oct. 14, 1987
-First of several Oval Office addresses on Iran arms and Contra aid controversy, Nov. 13, 1986
-U.S. airstrike against Libya, April 14, 1986
-Nicaragua, March 16, 1986
-Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, Jan. 28, 1986
-Address on eve of the presidential election, Nov. 5, 1984
-Observance of Independence Day, July 4, 1984
-U.S. policy in Central America, May 9, 1984
-Announcement of Reagan-Bush candidacies for re-election, Jan. 29, 1984
-Events in Lebanon and Grenada, Oct. 27, 1983
-Soviet attack on a Korean civilian airliner, Sept. 5, 1983
-Announcement of new multinational force in Lebanon, Sept. 20, 1982
-Christmas and the situation in Poland, Dec. 23, 1981
-U.S. economy, Feb. 5, 1981
Sources: AP News Research Center, American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara
