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Robert Schlesinger: State of the Union Trivia

Rover found this 2/24/2009 on huffingtonpost.com

I had forgotten, but other new presidents have given don't-call-it-a-State-of-the-Union addresses -- Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes gave early-term speeches to Congress that were explicitly billed not as States of the Union. Of course the States of the Union speech was not always ...