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| Date | January 27, 2000 (2000-01-27) |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m.EST |
| Duration | 1 hour, 28 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber,United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′19.8″N77°00′32.8″W / 38.888833°N 77.009111°W /38.888833; -77.009111 |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
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| Previous | 1999 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 2001 Joint session speech |
The2000 State of the Union Address was given by the 42ndpresident of the United States,Bill Clinton, on January 27, 2000, at 9:00 p.m.EST, in the chamber of theUnited States House of Representatives to the106th United States Congress. It was Clinton's seventh and finalState of the Union Address and hiseighth and final speech to ajoint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was theHouse speaker,Dennis Hastert, accompanied byAl Gore, thevice president, in his capacity as thepresident of the Senate.
Clinton began the speech by saying, "We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis or so few external threats. Never before have we had such a blessed opportunity and, therefore, such a profound obligation to build the more perfect union of our founders' dreams." Clinton discussed many topics in the address, including education, health care, crime, the global economy, technology, and the environment.[1]
It was the longest State of the Union address inrecorded history at 1 hour and 28 minutes.
This State of the Union address is notable for being the first sincePresident Reagan's 1986 address at which all 9 members of the Supreme Court were absent. It is speculated that their absence was due to Clinton's recentimpeachment.[2]Bill Richardson, theSecretary of Energy, served as thedesignated survivor.[3]
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