![Take a Look Back at President Obama’s State of the Union Speeches Over the Years](http://townsquare.media/site/176/files/2016/01/Obama.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Take a Look Back at President Obama’s State of the Union Speeches Over the Years
President Obama's final State of the Union address took place Tuesday night, so the White House decided it would be the right time to look back on his addresses while in office.
The speeches date back to 2009, the year when he took over the White House, and go all the way through 2015. It's a sort of greatest hits packages from all his talks to the nation. The clips here revolve around employment and the economy and tout how the president has worked to improve both after initially promising to help the country "rebuild" and "recover."
Prior to Tuesday's speech, Obama took some time to get pensive about his address:
What do you think? Was his speech good or were disappointed?
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