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Tonight,President Barack Obama, in front of a joint session of congress, or will address the nation for his final State of the Union address.
It will be a moment of pomp and circumstance. And for President Obama,it will likely a moment of reflection on his years in office and anticipation of the days he has left. That's 373 days for any of you who are keeping track.
We can't predict what the future will hold, but we can always look back at some of the bigger moments preserved in presidential oratory. Douglas Brinkley, and presidential historian and professor at Rice University,joined The Takeaway for a pre-speech reflection on the tradition of the state of the union, and its evolution from written document to the grand media event that we know nowadays.
Source: wnyc.org