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| Date | January 20, 1972 (1972-01-20) |
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| Time | 12:30 p.m.EST |
| Duration | 29 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber,United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′23″N77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W /38.88972; -77.00889 |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
| Participants | Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Carl Albert |
| Previous | 1971 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 1973 State of the Union Address |
The1972 State of the Union Address was aState of the Union address given by U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon on January 20, 1972.[1] The shortest such recorded address in history, it covered value-added taxes, emergency medicine, and the then-ongoingVietnam War.
In the address, Nixon proposed avalue-added tax of 3% on retail sales.[2] He also discussed deficiencies in the country'semergency medical services, advising theU.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare to reorganize such services.[3]: 27 With respect to the Vietnam War, the president declared that "As our involvement with the war in Vietnam comes to an end, we must go on to build a generation of peace".[4]: 189 (The war actually ended with theFall of Saigon in 1975, three years later, making the president's declaration read as premature in retrospect.[4]: 190 )
The address continued six great goals from the1971 State of the Union Address, but with various other items added to appeaseinterest groups.[5]: 54 (These goals were:welfare reform, peacetime prosperity, restoring thenatural environment, improving healthcare,revenue sharing, and reorganizing theU.S. federal government.[5]: 52 )
The address ended up being the shortest-ever recorded State of the Union address in history. It lasted for only 28 minutes and 55 seconds.[6]
On January 21,Democratic Congresspeople recorded an official response to the address in a 53-minute televised panel.[7]
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