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| Date | January 27, 1998 (1998-01-27) |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m.EST |
| Duration | 1 hour, 16 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 |
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| Previous | 1997 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 1999 State of the Union Address |
The1998 State of the Union Address was given by the 42ndpresident of the United States,Bill Clinton, on January 27, 1998, at 9:00 p.m.EST, in the chamber of theUnited States House of Representatives to the105th United States Congress. It was Clinton's fifthState of the Union Address and hissixth speech to ajoint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was theHouse speaker,Newt Gingrich, accompanied byAl Gore, thevice president, in his capacity as thepresident of the Senate.
President Clinton discussed the federal budget, taxes and focused on the budget deficit, then at $10 billion. The president also discussed education, foreign relations, science funding, development, space travel and the Internet.
In the speech, the president acknowledged the deaths of RepresentativesWalter Capps andSonny Bono.
The speech lasted 1:16:43 and consisted of 7,303 words.[1]
TheRepublican Party response was delivered by SenatorTrent Lott ofMississippi.[2]
William Daley, theSecretary of Commerce, served as thedesignated survivor.
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