President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, January 12.
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Obama speaks to the joint session.
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Obama reads from the text of his State of the Union address.
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Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Paul Ryan listen as Obama delivers his address.
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Biden points at Obama during the State of the Union.
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Members of Congress, including Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, center, listen.
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Obama gives copies of his speech to Biden and Ryan.
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First lady Michelle Obama sits beside an empty chair as her husband speaks. The chair represents the victims of gun violence in America.
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Obama gestures to an attendee as he arrives.
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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, center, claps as people enter the chamber.
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Obama greets former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, from left, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sonia Sotomayor wait for Obama to arrive.
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Tuesday's address before a packed House chamber marked the debut of new House Speaker Ryan -- a longtime Obama rival -- on the platform alongside Vice President Biden.
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Kim Davis, center, the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who refused to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples, arrives before the speech.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrives prior to the speech.
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Rubio takes a selfie with Sen. Lisa Murkowski before the State of the Union.
