State of the Union address

Title

State of the Union address

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:46:47

Description

US President, George H. W. Bush delivers an address before a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union, 29/01/91. Topics include the Gulf War, the Soviet Union, AIDS, child care, the national budget, education, citizenship, civil rights, the highway system and infrastructure, the economy, and environmental conservation. (The President spoke at 9.09 pm (local time) in the House Chamber of the Capitol, and the address was broadcast live nationwide on radio and television).

Contributors

George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Politics; Industry; Government; Taxation; Economics; Education; USSR; Political leadership; Child care; International politics; Energy conservation; Social policy; Heads of state; Presidents; National budgets; Nationality; Space; Independence; Banking; AIDS; Democracy; Wars (events); Freedom; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; United States Congress; Baltic States

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