--- ---  # Watch the State of the Union in Less Than Four Minutes by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 13, 2016 5:30 AM UTC  President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Jan. 12, 2016. President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Jan. 12, 2016.BaoDandan—Xinhua/Sipa USA by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 13, 2016 5:30 AM UTC President Obama eschewed the usual Congressional wishlist at his final State of the Union, reaching instead for a broader thematic view of his time in office. Watch the video above for highlights. State of the Union: Watch the Video Highlights ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4178541/state-of-the-union-highlights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4178541/state-of-the-union-highlights/"},"headline":"Watch the State of the Union in Less Than Four Minutes","datePublished":"2016-01-13T05:30:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:04:44.770Z","description":"In less than four minutes.","url":"https://time.com/4178541/state-of-the-union-highlights/","keywords":["state of the union","Congress","Barack Obama","White House","State of the Union 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08676710513554eb/698878efcd1bba6da46feedd/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08676710513554eb/698878efcd1bba6da46feedd/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-OBAMA-STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS","caption":"President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Jan. 12, 2016.","creditText":"BaoDandan—Xinhua/Sipa USA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/state-of-the-union/","name":"state of the union"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4178541/state-of-the-union-highlights/","name":"Watch the State of the Union in Less Than Four Minutes"}}]}] ```