Anatomy of a State of the Union Address

Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 7 a.m.

At the time of this writing, the date for President Biden\u2019s 2023 State of the Union address has not been announced, only a general time frame that it will likely be delivered in February or March. In 1983, President Reagan\u2019s\xa0State of the Union\xa0Address was given on January 25, 1983, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 98th United States Congress.\xa0So today we\u2019re going back 40 years to 1983. We\u2019ll just listen to a few sections since this is quite a lengthy address. The thing to remember here is that the President has been in office for two years, so he has had a chance to begin rebuilding the military, start establishing ground rules in dealing with the Soviets, and finally, developing policies to strengthen the economy and just beginning to see growth.