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President Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address, talked about the efforts of the United Nations against the armies of Germany and Japan in World War II.

Universal newsreels for Truman’s 1952 and Eisenhower’s 1960 State of the Union addresses, Courtesy of the National Archives. President Truman warned the Nation of the threat of War.…

A Universal Newsreel of President Truman as he delivered his 1952 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Courtesy of the National Archives.

A Universal Newsreel included portions of President Kennedy delivering his first State of the Union address.

President Kennedy delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

A portion of President Kennedy’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

President Johnson spoke to Congress regarding the State of the Union. He focused on the need to improve the unemployment rate and equal civil rights for all Americans. He also proposed a…

In his second State of the Union address, President Johnson called on Americans to continue on the “road to the great society,” proposing a sweeping national agenda from education reforms to a war on deadly…

President Johnson delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

President Lyndon Johnson delivered his final State of the Union Address to Congress on January 14, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, Republican Richard Nixon.…

Speaking at the U.S. Capitol before a joint session of Congress, President Richard Nixon discussed his initiatives regarding foreign relations, increased funding for law enforcement, and…

President Nixon gave his annual State of the Union address and focused on an energy crisis and efforts to secure a Middle East peace. He also spoke about the Watergate investigation saying…

In his first State of the Union address, five months after assuming office following President Nixon’s resignation, President Gerald R. Ford told Congress he didn’t expect much applause because “I’ve got bad news.” He…

President Ford addressed the Congress in his final State of the Union address. He discussed Vietnam, national defense, and fiscal policy issues.

President Jimmy Carter delivered his State of the Union address to the joint session of Congress. Topics included the Iran hostage situation, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and energy…

President Ronald Reagan delivered his economic address to a joint session of Congress. This was President Reagan’s first speech before the House and Senate.

President Ronald Reagan delivered his first State of the Union address. He proposed increasing the power of the states. This was the first State of the Union in which a special guest, Lenny…

President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

President Ronald Reagan delivered the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. He announced a plan to build a space stations and discussed deficits and the economy.

President Reagan delivered the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. He discussed taxes and introduced a foreign policy aimed at combating the influence of the Soviet…

President Reagan delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. The speech was delayed several days in order to honor and mourn the victims of the Space…

President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Representative Bill Armstrong reviewed President Reagan’s just completed State of the Union address and responded and offered his thoughts on President Reagan’s plans for 1988.…

Mr. Robert Okun, the executive director of the House Republican Conference, previewed President Reagan’s State of the Union address from a Republican point of view and offered his thoughts…

Mr. Hymel, the vice chairmen of Hill and Knowlton, talked about preparations for President Reagan’s State of the Union address. He also responded to audience telephone calls. Live shots…

Richard Conlon, a representative of the Democratic Study Group, previewed that evening’s State of the Union address by President Reagan from the Democratic point of view.

Open phone session where telephone lines were opened for audience comments on President Reagan’s just completed State of the Union address.

The Senate majority leader Robert Byrd and the Speaker of the U.S. House, James Wright, delivered the Democratic Party’s responses to President Ronald Reagan’s State of the Union address.

President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. He talked about the values of work, family, religion and freedom. He set out several objectives: take…

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments. Clips were shown of interviews in Statuary Hall with members of Congress reacting to President Reagan’s State of the Union address.

Senator Paul Sarbanes of Maryland (D) reviewed President Reagan’s just completed State of the Union address and offered his opinions on the president’s goals for the upcoming year. Senator…

George Condon, the Washington bureau chief for Copley News Service, answered host and audience questions on President Reagan’s State of the Union address and the interview Vice-President…

President George H.W Bush announced his proposed budget in his first address to a joint session of Congress. The president’s remarks were interrupted numerous times by applause. This speech…

House Speaker Jim Wright (TX) and Senator Lloyd Bentsen (TX) delivered the Democratic response to President Bush’s State of the Union address.

Representative Tom Foley, House minority leader, delivered the Democratic response to President Bush’s State of the Union address.

The Senate met in joint session with the House of Representatives to hear President Bush’s State of the Union address. The president spoke of the changes in the world in the last year: the…

President George H.W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address. President Bush tried to reassure Americans that the U.S. would win the war in the Persian Gulf and overcome domestic economic problems. On the…

Mr. Mitchell, responding to President Bush’s State of the Union address delivered a few minutes earlier, called on President Bush to deal with the United States' domestic crisis as seriously as he is dealing…

During this live call-in, footage was shown of interviews given by representatives and senators in response to the president’s State of the Union address. Telephone lines were opened for viewer…

Mr. Dave McConnell discussed President Bush’s state of the union speech, and the reactions of the media and members of Congress to the address.

President Bush delivered the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke about domestic issues and military spending in a post-Soviet era. This was his last…

Representative Tom Foley (D-WA) represented the Democratic Party in his response to the president’s State of the Union address. he spoke about the coming recession ,US strength at home and…

President Bill Clinton announced his economic program in his first address to a joint session of Congress. He proposed a stringent system of tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduce the federal…

House Minority Leader Robert Michel spoke in a televised address to the nation in response to the president’s address to Congress earlier in the evening. In his remarks, Representative…

President Bill Clinton delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. He highlighted his administration’s accomplishments during 1993 including passage of…

Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kansas) delivered the Republican response to President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union Address. The senator spoke about the president’s health care…

Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kansas) participated in a live call-in program. She spoke about the Clinton administration’s health care proposals as they were outlined in the president’s State…

Senators convened and then walked to the House chamber for a joint session of Congress to hear President William Jefferson Clinton deliver his State of the Union address.

In his State of the Union address President Clinton called for a new social compact in which Americans exercise their rights and their responsibilities to their families, neighbors, and…

Mike McCurry, White House Press Secretary, briefed reporters on various issues, including the president’s upcoming state of the union speech and the budget negotiations. Mr. Johnson briefed…

White House press secretary, Michael McCurry talked with reporters about federal budget negotiations, the State of the Union Address and other topics.

Clips were shown of historical State of the Union Addresses by Presidents F. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and L. Johnson.

President Bill Clinton delivered his 1996 State Of The Union address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke of educational opportunities, economic security, and freedom from crime.

Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), the Senate majority leader, responded to the State of the Union Address by calling President Bill Clinton an elitist. Senator Dole, the Republican front-runner for the…

Six Republican governors were in Washington for an executive meeting. They commented on President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union Address.

C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program that covered political and news events through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists and legislators and viewer calls.

House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX) talked about the State of the Union Address, the federal budget negotiations, and the congressional legislative agenda.

In the annual State of the Union address, President Clinton outlined in greater detail many of the proposals upon which he campaigned. He called for action on a variety of fronts by Congress, the states and the…

Rep. J.C. Watts R-Oklahoma delivered the Republican response to President Clinton’s State of the Union address. His audience was a group of his constituents and high school students from around the…

Senator Daschle and Senator Lautenberg, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, briefed reviewed the president’s State of the Union Address, specifically his budget priorities.…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes…

President Bill Clinton delivered his fifth State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps and guests in the gallery. He outlined…

Senator Lott delivered the Republican response to the president’s State of the Union Address. He focused on tax reform, education reform with more local control and crime and drug…

Republican Budget Committee Chairmen reacted to the new initiatives outlined by President Bill Clinton in his State of the Union message. They stated that the outlines of his budget…

President Clinton delivered his sixth State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps, and guests in the gallery. He outlined initiatives…

Members of Congress spoke about their impressions of President Clinton’s final State of the Union Address.

Members of Congress talked about their impressions of President Clinton’s final State of the Union Address. Representatives Jackson-Lee, DeFazio, Watt, Menendez, and Armey and Senators…

White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Maria Echaveste, previewed President Clinton’s final State of the Union speech. She focused on the major topics addressed in the speech including health…

Prior to President Clinton’s final State of the Union Address, scholars discussed the history and importance of the event. Their discussion was followed by a discussion of the preparations…

President Clinton delivered his seventh and final State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps and guests in the gallery. He said that…

In their response to President Clinton’s State of the Union Address Senators Collins and Frist criticized the Clinton administration for retaining too much federal authority in education…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on President Clinton’s final State of the Union Address.

Following President Bush’s economic address to a joint session of Congress, Senator Daschle and Representative Gephardt spoke to the nation about the proposals contained in the president’s…

Members of congress spoke about President Bush’s budget proposals and their impressions of his economic address to a joint session of Congress.

Prior to President Bush’s economic address before a joint session of Congress, guests from the Capitol and the C-SPAN studio talked about the event. The program included video footage from past…

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush outlined his budget and economic goals. He offered a plan that would provide a $1.6 trillion tax cut, pay off $2 trillion…

Following President Bush’s economic address, telephone lines were open for viewer response. Additionally, the Democratic response and Congressional reactions from Statuary Hall were shown.

Following President Bush’s economic address to a joint session of Congress, telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the speech. Additionally, Congressional reaction from Statuary…

In his weekly radio address President Bush outlined some of the topics he would raise in his State of the Union address and on security issues.

Mike Allen, of the Washington Post and Timothy Burger, of New York Daily News, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about President George H.W. Bush’s State of the Union address.

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) replied President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. He said the nation supports the president’s efforts to combat terrorism but…

For sale instead: 168446 compiled program. In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush emphasized programs to defeat terrorism at home and abroad, revive the economy,…

Adam Clymer, Washington Correspondent for The New York Times, talked about the issues President Bush is expected to cover in his State of the Union address. Mr. Clymer referred to these addresses as…

Congressional members spoke to reporters about alternatives to proposals expected to be put forth in the president’s State of the Union address. Among the topics they addressed were the…

In his first official State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush talked about the dangers posed by terrorist threats and a weak economy. In his…

Following President George H.W. Bush’s first State of the Union address members of Congress reacted to his speech. Also, C-SPAN’s telephone lines were opened for viewer comments.

C-SPAN’s telephone lines were opened for viewer thoughts and comments to President George H.W. Bush’s State of the Union address.

Pentagon Spokesperson Victoria Clarke talked about the defense budget, the appointment of a new homeland defense chief, and defense topics to be addressed in the president’s State of the…

Mr. Racicot gave the Republican reaction to the President’s State of the Union address. He responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Representative Martin Frost D-Texas, gave his reaction to the President George H.W. Bush’s State of the Union speech. He outlined the issues that had bipartisan support.

President Bush spoke to reporters in the Cabinet Room about proposals due to be delivered in his State of the Union speech.

Following President Bush’s State of the Union address members of Congress Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Rep. Maxine…

Progressive Caucus members spoke to reporters about their alternate view of the State of the Union as President Bush was scheduled to give his second State of the Union to a joint session…

Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA)talked about the president’s State of the Union speech to be delivered in the evening and the Progressive Caucus' objections to several policies due to be…

Representative Drier spoke about the president’s State of the Union speech due to be delivered to a joint session of Congress in the evening and about the Republican legislative agenda. He…

In his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush outlined several domestic programs to stimulate the economy and create jobs, strengthen Medicare, and…

In his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush outlined several domestic programs to stimulate the economy and create jobs, strengthen Medicare, and…

In his response to President Bush’s second State of the Union address, Governor Gary Locke (D-Washington) spoke about his immigrant background, points of fundamental agreement with the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to President Bush’s second State of the Union address.

Following President Bush’s second State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, professors and students talked about the speech, their impressions of how the issues were…