President Clinton discussed numerous topics in the address, including the environment, the International Space Station, welfare, crime and relations with NATO and China. The president also focused on a "detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002".
The speech did not get the national attention it usually does because the same evening of the speech a verdict was given in the O. J. Simpson civil trial in his ex-wife and her friend's 1994 murders. The White House however refused to postpone the State of the Union Address. [2]
This was the first State of the Union Address carried live on the Internet.[3]
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^Richard E. Sincere Jr. (February 1997). . Metro Herald. Archived from the original on July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 23, 2007. Watts told his audience -- about 100 high school students from the CloseUp Foundation watched in person, while a smaller number watched on television at home -- that he is "old enough to remember the Jim Crow" laws that affected him and his family while he grew up in a black neighborhood in small-town Oklahoma.
1997, state, union, address, given, 42nd, president, united, states, bill, clinton, february, 1997, chamber, united, states, house, representatives, 105th, united, states, congress, clinton, fourth, state, union, address, fifth, speech, joint, session, united,. The 1997 State of the Union Address was given by the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton on February 4 1997 at 9 00 p m EST in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 105th United States Congress It was Clinton s fourth State of the Union Address and his fifth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker Newt Gingrich accompanied by Al Gore the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate 1997 State of the Union Address source source source source source source Full video of the speech as published by the White HouseDateFebruary 4 1997 1997 02 04 Time9 00 p m ESTDuration1 hour 4 minutesVenueHouse Chamber United States CapitolLocationWashington D C Coordinates38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W 38 88972 N 77 00889 W 38 88972 77 00889TypeState of the Union AddressParticipantsBill ClintonAl GoreNewt GingrichPrevious1996 State of the Union AddressNext1998 State of the Union AddressPresident Clinton discussed numerous topics in the address including the environment the International Space Station welfare crime and relations with NATO and China The president also focused on a detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002 The Republican Party response was delivered by Oklahoma congressman J C Watts in front of high school students sponsored by the Close Up Foundation 1 The speech did not get the national attention it usually does because the same evening of the speech a verdict was given in the O J Simpson civil trial in his ex wife and her friend s 1994 murders The White House however refused to postpone the State of the Union Address 2 This was the first State of the Union Address carried live on the Internet 3 References edit Richard E Sincere Jr February 1997 O J J C and Bill Reflections on the State of the Union Metro Herald Archived from the original on July 31 2002 Retrieved January 23 2007 Watts told his audience about 100 high school students from the CloseUp Foundation watched in person while a smaller number watched on television at home that he is old enough to remember the Jim Crow laws that affected him and his family while he grew up in a black neighborhood in small town Oklahoma O J J C and Bill Reflections on the State of the Union Archived from the original on July 31 2002 Office of the Clerk U S House of Representatives Office of the Clerk Archived from the original on May 13 2009 Retrieved April 14 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 State of the Union Address nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article 1997 State of the Union Address Transcript of the 1997 State of the Union address Full video and audio Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia 1997 State of the Union Address video at C SPAN 1997 State of the Union Response video at C SPANPreceded by1996 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses1997 Succeeded by1998 State of the Union Address nbsp This article related to the politics of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 State of the Union Address amp oldid 1213079780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
