Title

Bill Clinton’s State of the Union speech

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

24 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:05:08

Description

Simon Marks reports from Washington on US President Bill Clinton’s annual State of the Union address. Among other issues covered he called for unity in America, as the country prepares for a bruising presidential election campaign, challenges his Republican opponents never to shut the US government down again and urges them not to walk away from talks on balancing the country’s budget. Clips from his speech with applause and a TV address by Republican senator Bob Dole, possible presidential election candidate.

Contributors

Bill Clinton; Simon Marks; Bob Dole

Keywords

USA; Elections; Government; Presidents; National budgets; Bill Clinton

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