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State of the Union guests A look at some of the guests honored at the annual State of the Union address since President Ronald Reagan introduced the practice in 1982.
Feb. 12, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama, third from right in front row, and the guests in her box applaud during President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address.
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The Washington Post
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Among the guests in the first lady’s box for President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address were Apple chief executive Tim Cook, top left, and Nathaniel and Cleopatra Pendleton, bottom center and right. The Pendletons' daughter Hadiya was killed in Chicago days after marching in the inaugural parade.
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Feb. 12, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama with Cleopatra and Nathaniel Pendelton before President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address. The Pendeltons' daughter Hadiya marched in the inaugural parade days before she was fatally shot in Chicago.
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The Washington Post
First lady Michelle Obama and guests applaud during President Obama's Jan. 24, 2012, State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. Front row, from left, are Jackie Bray, Obama, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, Jill Biden, Sgt. Ashleigh Berg, Hiroyuki Fujita, Richard Cordray, and Sara Ferguson. Second row, from left are, Eric Schneiderman, Juan Jose Redin, Debbie Bosanek, Laurene Powell Jobs, Alicia Boler-Davis and Col. Ginger Wallace.
Susan Walsh
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AP
Debbie Bosanek, left, assistant to Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, and Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, listen to President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address.
Andrew Harrer
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Bloomberg
Jan. 8, 2012
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), left, and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, wave at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors of the shooting rampage that targeted Giffords and left six people dead. President Obama invited Kelly to watch the 2012 State of the Union address in the first lady’s box. Giffords — who announced she will resign from Congress to focus on her recovery — is also planning on attending the address.
Ross D. Franklin
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AP
Leonard Abess Jr., accompanied by Geneva Lawson, a longtime employee of City National of Florida, gives a thumbs-up as President Obama introduced him during his 2009 address.
Charles Dharapak
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AP
Eighth-grader Ty'Sheoma Bethea, left, gets a hug from first lady Michelle Obama during President Barack Obama's 2009 address to a joint session of Congress in Washington.
Ron Edmonds
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AP
This video frame grab taken from television shows first lady Laura Bush, left, Lynne Cheney and Sgt. Tommy Reiman, reacting to President George W. Bush's mentioning Reiman during Bush's 2007 State of the Union address. Rieman was awarded the Silver Star for acts of bravery while serving in Iraq.
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AP
NBA player Dikembe Mutombo, with first lady Laura Bush and Lynne Cheney, is introduced by President George W. Bush during the 2007 State of the Union address.
Mark Wilson
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Sgt. Tommy Reiman, of Independence, Ky., left, applauds New York construction worker and Navy veteran Wesley Autrey during President George W. Bush's 2007 State of the Union address. President Bush hailed Autrey for his act of bravery in Harlem, when he saw a man fall onto the subway tracks, leapt down to get him, and held the man in a space between the rails as the train roared over them.
Susan Walsh
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AP
First lady Laura Bush, front, applauds the family of Staff Sgt. Dan Clay of Pensacola, Fla., who were recognized during President George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union address. From left are father Clarence, mother Sara Jo and wife Lisa.
Evan Vucci
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AP
Guests in first lady Laura Bush's box applaud during President George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union address before Congress. From bottom left, Sayed Hamed Gailani, Afghanistan First Deputy Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga; Afghanistan's Fawzia Koofi, 30, a widowed, single mother of two who was elected Second Deputy Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga; Laura Bush; and USA Freedom Corps volunteer Ja'Detrus Hamilton of Leakesville, Miss. From top left, U.S. Navy Commander Kimberly Evans of Mason, Ohio; Pernessa C. Seele, founder and CEO of the Balm in Gilead in Yonkers, N.Y.; Clarence W. "Bud" Clay Jr., of Pensacola, Fla., father of fallen Marine Staff Sgt. Dan Clay; Sara Jo Clay, Sgt. Clay's mother, and Lisa Clay, his widow.
Susan Walsh
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AP
Safia Taleb al-Suhail, standing next to first lady Laura Bush, gives the "victory" sign, showing her inked finger after voting in the Iraqi election during President Bush's 2005 State of the Union address.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Janet and William Norwood hug after being acknowledged by President George W. Bush during his 2005 State of the Union address. Applauding, from left are, Marine Staff Sgt. John Manuel Martinez, Safia Taleb al-Suhail, leader of the Iraqi Women's Political Council, and first lady Laura Bush.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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AP
Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, center, flanked by Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, and Alma Powell, wife of Secretary of State Colin Powell, applauds as President George W. Bush arrives to deliver his 2004 State of the Union speech. Brady was a guest of first lady Laura Bush for his and his teammates’ hosting sports camps for local youths.
Evan Vucci
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AP
President of the Iraqi Governing Council Adnan Pachachi is applauded during President George W. Bush's 2004 State of the Union address.
Stephen Jaffe
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AFP/Getty Images
President George W. Bush acknowledges congressional members as Vice President Dick Cheney, right, looks on prior to Bush's fourth State of the Union address in 2004.
Mark Wilson
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Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is applauded on Capitol Hill on Jan. 29, 2002, after being acknowledged by President George W. Bush during the president's State of the Union address. From left are, Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney; Shannon Spann, widow of CIA agent Michael Spann, who was killed in Afghanistan; and first lady Laura Bush.
Doug Mills
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AP
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron responds as President Bill Clinton recognizes him during Clinton's final State of the Union address in 2000.
Tim Sloan
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AFP/Getty Images
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, along with, from second from left, daughter Chelsea, Julie Foudy, co-captain of 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup soccer team, and Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, applauds prior to President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address on Jan. 27, 2000.
Ron Edmonds
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AP
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton applauds baseball star Sammy Sosa during President Bill Clinton's 1999 State of the Union address.
Luke Frazza
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AFP/Getty Images
President Bill Clinton applauds civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks during his 1999 State of the Union address.
Douglas Graham
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton exchanges kisses with Rosa Parks prior to President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address in 1999.
Luke Frazza
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First lady Hillary Clinton stands in the audience before President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 1997, at the Capitol. Rev. Robert H. Schuller sits at left with Kristen Zarfo, a Connecticut surgeon.
Ron Edmonds
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AP
Kristin Tanner, an eighth-grader at Field School in Northbrook, Ill., stands after being introduced during President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 1997, at the Capitol. First lady Hillary Clinton claps from bottom left with Gov. Gary Locke, of Washington state, at left.
J. Scott Applewhite
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AP
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Gen. Barry McCaffrey, President Bill Clinton's choice to become the next drug czar, on Jan. 23, 1996.
Denis Paquin
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AP
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton sits with her guests during President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address Jan. 23, 1996. Back row, from left, are Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Jennifer Rodgers, Aaron Feuerstein of Lawrence, Mass., and Seattle Mayor Norman Rice. Front row from left are, Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, Hillary Clinton, daughter Chelsea and Gen. Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton's choice to become the next drug czar.
Doug Mills
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AP
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, acknowledges the House gallery before her husband, President Bill Clinton, delivers his State of the Union address on Jan. 24, 1995. From left are Matthew Lucas, Jimmy Lucas, Jack Lucas, Gregory Depestre and Tipper Gore. Jack Lucas, of Hattiesburg, Miss., is the youngest Marine ever and youngest man in this century to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Doug Mills
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AP
First lady Nancy Reagan congratulates, from left, Richard Cavoli, Tyrone Ford, Shelby Butler and Trevor Farrell, for their achievements. President Ronald Reagan honored them during his State of the Union address in 1986.
Barry Thumma
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AP
First lady Nancy Reagan during a State of the Union address in 1988, where she was honored for her anti-drug efforts.
Terry Ashe
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First lady Nancy Reagan welcomes Clara Hale of New York, center, as Jean Nguyen, a Vietnamese refugee who became a West Point cadet, applauds during the joint session of Congress where President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union address on Feb. 6, 1985. At left is Maureen Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s eldest daughter.
Ron Edmonds
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AP
President Ronald Reagan delivers his State of the Union Address in 1985.
Dirck Halstead
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Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Lenny Skutnik was the first guest to be recognized during a State of the Union address. President Ronald Reagan's shout-out turned Skutnik's name into a term used to describe individuals invited to sit in the gallery during the speech. Skutnik was recognized for saving the life of a passenger after Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in 1982.
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