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Speech by US president Barack Obama
The
2014 State of the Union Address
was given by the 44th
president of the United States
,
Barack Obama
, on January 28, 2014, at 9:00 p.m.
EST
, in the chamber of the
United States House of Representatives
to the
113th United States Congress
.
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It was Obama's fifth
State of the Union Address
and his
sixth speech
to a
joint session of the United States Congress
. Presiding over this joint session was the
House speaker
,
John Boehner
, accompanied by
Joe Biden
, the
vice president
, in his capacity as the
president of the Senate
.
According to tradition,
House Speaker
John Boehner
invited the president on December 13 to address a joint session of Congress.
[3]
White House Press Secretary
Jay Carney
confirmed the president's attendance later that day.
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Topics addressed
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Obama promised to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contractors and to work with states, local governments, and private groups as well as Congress, to raise the minimum wage nationally, arguing better pay is needed to support the economy as well as the right thing to do.
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Additional featured proposals included:
[7]
- further improvements in providing Americans health care;
- enacting immigration reform;
- a smarter national security approach including the
War On Terror
and the
war in Afghanistan
(the longest U.S. war);
- moving the country off of a permanent war footing while laying out his case for "strong and principled diplomacy";
- calling for Congress to give U.S. diplomats some room to maneuver, particularly when it comes to
Iran
; and
- improvements to education to ready Americans for the jobs of tomorrow's economy.
Designated survivor
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The
designated survivor
is the member of the
president's cabinet
who does not attend the address in case of a catastrophic event, in order to maintain
continuity of government
. The designated survivor for the address was
Secretary of Energy
Ernest Moniz
.
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Responses
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Representative
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
of
Washington
, the highest-ranking female Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, delivered the Republican Party response to President Obama's statement.
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The decision was made by House Speaker
John Boehner
and Republican Senate Leader
Mitch McConnell
.
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Representative
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
of
Florida
, the first Cuban-American person elected to Congress, gave a second response, delivering most of McMorris Rodgers' response in Spanish. In addition,
Utah
Senator
Mike Lee
gave an address in response to Obama's speech on behalf of the
Tea Party Express
.
Kentucky
Senator
Rand Paul
released his own address on
YouTube
and
Facebook
. He had previously given a response on behalf of the Tea Party Express in 2013. The four Republican responses were interpreted as a sign of the party's ideological divisions.
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See also
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References
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Full text of 2014 address - CBS news
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Video at official website, whitehouse.gov
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Boehner, Speaker (December 13, 2013).
"Speaker Boehner Extends President Obama Invitation to Deliver State of the Union Address"
. Speaker.gov. Archived from
the original
on January 17, 2014
. Retrieved
January 28,
2014
.
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"State of the Union set for Jan. 28"
. Politico
. Retrieved
January 28,
2014
.
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"Full text of Obama's State of the Union Address"
.
USA Today
. January 28, 2014
. Retrieved
January 29,
2014
.
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"Inside The State Of The Union: What The President Proposed"
.
NPR
. January 29, 2014
. Retrieved
January 30,
2014
.
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"Inside The State Of The Union: What The President Proposed"
.
NPR
. January 29, 2014
. Retrieved
January 30,
2014
.
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Miller, Zeke J. (January 28, 2014).
"This Man Will Be Your President If The Worst Happens: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is tonight's 'designated survivor'
"
.
Time
. Archived from
the original
on January 30, 2014
. Retrieved
January 30,
2014
.
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Wallbank, Derek (March 2, 2013).
"Republicans Aiming at Gender Gap Pick Mom to Answer Obama"
. Bloomberg
. Retrieved
January 28,
2014
.
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Cowan, Richard (January 23, 2014).
"Republican congresswoman to rebut Obama State of Union speech"
.
Reuters
.
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Michael, O'Brien (January 23, 2014).
"GOP taps top-ranking woman to deliver SOTU response"
.
NBC News
.
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"Flurry of GOP responses to State of the Union address reflects party's ideological rivalries"
.
Washington Post
. January 28, 2014
. Retrieved
January 28,
2014
.
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"State of the Union 2014: Obama calls for 'year of action' ? live reactions"
.
Guardian UK
. January 28, 2014
. Retrieved
January 29,
2014
.
External links
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- Legend:
Address to Joint Session
- Written message
- Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
- †
Included a detailed written supplement
- ‡
Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents
William Henry Harrison
(1841) and
James Garfield
(1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union
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