Full video of the speech as published by the White House | |
| Date | February 12, 2013 |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
| Duration | 59 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′19.8″N 77°00′32.8″W / 38.888833°N 77.009111°W |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
| Participants | |
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The 2013 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on February 12, 2013, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 113th United States Congress.[1][2] It was Obama's fourth State of the Union Address and his fifth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, John Boehner, accompanied by Joe Biden, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
It was simulcast online by the White House website as an "enhanced version" with accompanying graphics for key points of the address.