Full video of the speech as published by the White House | |
| Date | January 28, 2014 |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
| Duration | 1 hour, 5 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 | |
| Footage | C-SPAN |
| Previous | 2013 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 2015 State of the Union Address |
The 2014 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on January 28, 2014, 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 fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth 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.
According to tradition, House Speaker John Boehner invited the president on December 13 to address a joint session of Congress.[3] White House Press Secretary Jay Carney confirmed the president's attendance later that day.[4][5]