page_title: 2011 State of the Union Address
section_title: Summary
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 State of the Union Address / Summary
caption_attribution_description: English: Speechwriter Jon Favreau works with U.S. President Barack Obama on the 2011 State of the Union Address in the Oval Office.
context_page_description: The 2011 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 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 second State of the Union Address and his third 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.
  It was the first address to a Republican-controlled Congress since 2006.
  In this joint session Obama outlined his “vision for an America that’s more determined, more competitive, better positioned for the future—an America where we out-innovate, we out-educate, we out-build the rest of the world; where we take responsibility for our deficits; where we reform our government to meet the demands of a new age.”
context_section_description: According to a White House fact sheet published by NMD Newswire US-President Obama underscored in his 2011 State of the Union Address "the need to maintain America’s leadership in a rapidly changing world so that our economy is competitive – growing and working for all Americans." In order to achieve this Obama outlined "a plan to help the United States win the future by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building our global competition. At the same time, the President understands the need to reform the way our government does business and take responsibility for our deficit - by investing in what makes America stronger and cutting what doesn't."
caption: Speechwriter Jon Favreau and President Obama work on the 2011 address in the Oval Office the day before the session.
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