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Every year, the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. This tradition has evolved since George Washington's first address in 1790 and has become an important aspect of American governance. While the speech has several goals, a main purpose of the President’s State of the Union Address is to provide an assessment of the current state of the nation and outline the administration’s legislative agenda for the coming year. Assessing the Nation’s Progress One of the key functions of the State of the Union Address is to provide an…