President Reagan's Addresses to the Nation

President Reagan addresses the Nation from the Oval Office on Tax Reduction Legislation in 1981

View the text of all President Reagan's addresses and other speeches in the Public Papers of the President.

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Speech	Date
Address to the Nation on the Economy	February 5, 1981
Address to the Nation on Federal Tax Reduction Legislation	July 27, 1981
Address to the Nation on the Program for Economic Recovery	September 24, 1981
Address to the Nation About Christmas and the Situation in Poland	December 23, 1981

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation on the Fiscal Year 1983 Budget	April 29, 1982
Address to the Nation on Federal Tax and Budget Reconciliation Legislation	August 16, 1982
Address to the Nation on United States Policy for Peace in the Middle East	September 1, 1982
Address to the Nation Announcing the Formation of a New Multinational Force [MNF] in Lebanon	September 20, 1982
Address to the Nation on the Economy	October 13 , 1982
Address to the Nation on Strategic Arms Reduction and Nuclear Deterrence	November 22, 1982

SPeech	Date
Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security [includes announcement of SDI program]	March 23,1983
Address to the Nation on the Soviet Attack on a Korean Civilian Airliner [Korean Air Line Flight 007]	September 5, 1983
Address to the Nation on Lebanon and Grenada	October 27, 1983

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation and Other Countries on United States-Soviet Union Relations	January 16, 1984
Address to the Nation Announcing the Reagan-Bush Candidacies for Re-election [broadcast paid for by Reagan-Bush '84 campaign]	January 29, 1984
Address to the Nation on United States Policy in Central America	May 9, 1984
Address to the Nation on the Observance of Independence Day [pre-recorded]	July 4, 1984
Address to the Nation on the Eve of the Presidential Election [pre-recorded; broadcast paid for by Reagan-Bush '84 campaign]	November 5, 1984

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation on the Federal Budget and Deficit Reduction	April 24, 1985
Address to the Nation on Tax Reform	May 28, 1985
Address to the Nation on the upcoming Soviet-US Summit Meeting in Geneva	November 14, 1985

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger	January 28, 1986
Address to the Nation on National Security	February 26, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua	March 16, 1986
Address to the Nation on the United States Air Strike Against Libya	April 14, 1986
Address to the Nation on Aid to the Contras	June 24, 1986
Address to the Nation on Independence Day [from Statue of Liberty celebration, New York City]	July 4, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse [with Nancy Reagan]	September 14, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Meetings with General Secretary Gorbachev in Iceland	October 13, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Congressional and Gubernatorial Elections [pre-recorded]	November 2, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy	November 13, 1986
Address to the Nation on the Investigation of the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy	December 2, 1986

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation regarding the Tower Commission Report	March 4, 1987
Address to the Nation on the Venice Economic Summit, Arms Control, and the Deficit	June 15, 1987
Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and Administration goals	August 12, 1987
Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Robert H. Bork	October 14, 1987
Address to the Nation on the Soviet-United States Summit Meeting [the Washington Summit]	December 10, 1987

Speech	Date
Address to the Nation on Aid to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance [carried live by CNN and CONUS Communications, but not by CBS, NBC, or ABC]	February 2, 1988

Speech	Date
Farewell Address	January 11, 1989