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This record has portions included that have been released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. It has been reviewed and released under the auspices of the former President in accordance with the Presidential Records Act 44 USC 2205 (3). The particular portion of the video released under FOIA has been marked in this clip.
The original first edition was printed in 1899 by the Government Printing office in Washington D.C. Only 6,000 copies were printed and presented to members of Congress and Senate. Two thousand for the use of the Senate and four thousand for the use of Congress. In 1911, there was a third printing and contained 20 volumes.
The speech lasted 1:18:40 and consisted of 7,514 words. [1] In the speech, the president acknowledged the widows of the officers killed in the United States Capitol shooting incident of 1998. Before the speech, President Clinton shook hands with Speaker Hastert and Vice President Gore.
After visibly reacting to President Obama's criticism during the 2010 State of the Union of the Citizens United decision, Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas did not attend the speech. [8] Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar served as the designated survivor and did not attend the speech. [9]
The speech lasted 63 minutes [2] and consisted of 7,432 words. [3] It was the longest State of the Union speech since Lyndon B. Johnson's 1967 State of the Union Address. Republican Representative Henry Hyde criticized the speech as "interminable". [4] The Republican Party response was delivered by Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. [5]
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The 1973 State of the Union Address was delivered to the 93rd United States Congress as a series of six written messages from February 2 to March 14, 1973. The first message was an overview, which was then followed by five additional messages, each of which focused on a specific public policy theme.
It was Clinton's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Dennis Hastert, accompanied by Al Gore, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.