oral message

Richard Nixon sent a printed message in 1973; his staff said an oral message would have come too soon after his second inaugural address.

With small exceptions, the modern practice of delivering an annual oral message to a joint session of the House and Senate did not begin until 1934, when Franklin D. Roosevelt made his first of 11 annual appearances before Congress.

Richard Nixon sent a printed message in 1973; his staff said an oral message would have come too soon after his second inaugural address.

Richard Nixon sent a printed message in 1973; his staff said an oral message would have come too soon after his second inaugural address.

Davutoglu said he had stated Turkey's expectations clearly in talks with Assad and other Syrian officials and had passed on a written message from President Abdullah Gul and an oral message from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to Assad.