2008 State of the Union Address
The 2008 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on January 28, 2008, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 110th United States Congress. It was Bush's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Dick Cheney, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
President George W. Bush during the speech, with Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi behind him | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
| Duration | 52 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′19.8″N 77°00′32.8″W |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
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| Previous | 2007 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 2009 Joint session speech |
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