The speech lasted more than two hours and was the equivalent of a state of the union message.

According to Nixon's State of the Union message, things have never been better.

The President may make recommendations in his State of the Union message this month.

"We must not cut defense further," the President said in his State of the Union Message.

Why don't you give the State of the Union message quietly from the White House?

And he did to some degree in his State of the Union Message on Tuesday night.

In a few cases, during a transition between administrations, there have been two State of the Union messages in a single year.

She was chosen in 1995 to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union Message.

The President's State of the Union Message should present a clear legislative agenda to the people.

Following are excerpts from responses by Democratic presidential candidates to the State of the Union message.

Listen instead to the subtext of the president's recent, acclaimed State of the Union message.

The President will unveil the campaign in the State of the Union Message.

Richard Nixon sends his written State of the Union message to Congress.

Mr. Clinton had called for such a law in his State of the Union Message.

That snippet from a draft of the State of the Union Message.

Would the State of the Union Message be a defining moment or a victim of the expectations game?

Tonight, President Obama delivered his State of the Union Message.

The President's State of the Union Message on Monday showed how much things have changed.

Along with health care, another domestic issue is expected to figure prominently in President Clinton's State of the Union message tonight: crime.

He returned today as president, seven years later, to relish the aftermath of his final, proposal-packed State of the Union message.

In 1995 she delivered the Republican response to President Clinton's State of the Union message.

January's heavy; I convene Congress, you see, and they read me the State of the Union message.

And while the State of the Union Message may be a constitutional requirement, a rebuttal, thankfully, is not.

The scheme fulfills a commitment made by the President in the State of the Union Message.

A. Well, many Presidents have given a State of the Union message by post office - you know, messenger, sent it up there.