page_title: 2012 State of the Union Address
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 State of the Union Address
caption_attribution_description: President Barack Obama embracing Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords before delivering his speech at the 2012 State of the Union.
context_page_description: The 2012 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 112th United States Congress. It was Obama's third State of the Union Address and his fourth 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 of the United States.
  In his speech, he focused on education reform, repairing America's infrastructure with money not used on the Iraq War, and creating new energy sources in America.
context_section_description: The 2012 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 112th United States Congress. It was Obama's third State of the Union Address and his fourth 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 of the United States. 
  In his speech, he focused on education reform, repairing America's infrastructure with money not used on the Iraq War, and creating new energy sources in America.
caption: President Obama embracing Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011.
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