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In the spirit of great American speeches, we’ve gathered a list of State of the Union memorable moments over the years.

Bush 2002

Bush used falsified information in his State of the Union address.

President George W. Bush told the nation in January 2003 that Saddam Hussein sought yellow cake uranium in Africa according to document from the British government. CBS later revealed that was an error because the documents were forged.  

“Our intelligence sources tell us that he [Hussein] has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production,” Bush said in his 2003 State of the Union address later published by the Washington Post.

Clinton 2000

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In President Bill Clinton’s final State of the Union speech he flubbed the word liberal, saying “livable” instead, eliciting laughs from the crowd.

“Last year, the Vice President launched a new effort to make communities more liberal -- livable -- (laughter) -- liberal, I know. (Laughter and applause.) Wait a minute, I've got a punchline now. That's this year's agenda; last year was livable, right? (Laughter.),” Clinton said in the 2000 address.

The Huffington Post listed the moment among its "Unforgettable State of the Union Moments.

Obama 2011

President Obama crooned on about “hard work and discipline” at the exact moment when the camera flashed on a woman in pleasant slumber behind him, NBC News reported.

Obama has a history of sleepy speeches. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano appeared to doze during Obama’s State of the Union speech in 2011, according to the Huffington Post.

Obama 2010

This notable moment comes from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during Obama’s 2010 State of the Union speech. After Obama criticized a supreme court decision on campaign financing, Alito mouthed the words “not true,” as reported by Politico.

“Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said in the State of the Union address as the Supreme Court justices looked on stoically – all except Alito, of course.

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Truman 1946

President Harry S. Truman spoke a record-setting 25,000 words in his State of the Union speech, according to CNN. The figure is in word-count as opposed to minutes because the first-ever televised State of the Union address would come a year later in 1947, also under Truman.

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