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President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address

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January 13, 2016 at 10:23 AM

Capitol dome

News crews set up

Paul D. Ryan looks at his notes

Joe Biden gestures

Ahmad Alkhalaf looks out

Kim Davis arrives

Bernie Sanders arrives

Marco Rubio and John McCain shake hands

Anticipation

Marco Rubio gestures

Nancy Pelosi reacts

Marco Rubio gives a thumbs-up

Harry Reid peers out

Paul D. Ryan stands at the podium

First lady Michelle Obama waves

Paul D. Ryan greets Joe Biden

Little Sisters of the Poor applaud

Supreme Court justices arrive

President Obama enters the chamber

President Obama hugs Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

President Obama shakes hands with Paul D. Ryan

President Obama acknowledges the applause

President Obama smiles

President Obama delivers the State of the Union speech

President Obama gestures during his speech

Members of Congress stand up to applaud

First lady Michelle Obama, standing next to Gov. Dannel Malloy, waves

President Obama is seen on a TV monitor

Bernie Sanders applauds

Members of Congress listen

President Obama’s hands

President Obama acknowledges members of Congress after delivering his speech

President Obama autographs Laura Dove’s cast

Susan Rice and President Obama embrace

Susan Rice and Sylvia Burwell take a selfie together

Joe Biden applauds President Obama

Members of Congress stand and applaud

President Obama gestures

TV view of President Obama shaking hands with Paul D. Ryan

Bernie Sanders talks with Jack Reed

View of the House chamber

Joe Biden and Paul D. Ryan applaud President Obama

Members of Congress respond

President Obama reacts to cheers

President Obama at the podium

President Obama pauses

President Obama gestures during his address

President Obama waves

President Obama shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden

Democratic members of Congress rise and applaud

President Obama shakes hands with Speaker Paul D. Ryan after his speech

President Obama greets Congressional pages

President Obama speaks to Secretary of State John Kerry

President Obama signs autographs

The Republican response

President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union speech on Tuesday to acknowledge Americans’ anxieties about the economy and national security while delivering a defiant, campaign-style rejection of Republican charges that he will leave his successor a country that is poorer, weaker and under siege from the Islamic State. (Olivier Knox for Yahoo News)

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