--- title: State of the Union: Watch Obama Give 5 Years of Speeches in 90 Seconds description: The president will give his annual temperature reading of the nation on Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/ author: Arpita Aneja article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-20T12:38:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:41:32.493Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch 5 years of Obama's state of the union addresses in 90 seconds og:description: The president will give his annual temperature reading of the nation on Tuesday og:url: https://time.com/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44f107aac47c3455/69877abd3c1639c545451435/465685413.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address At U.S. Capitol og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch 5 years of Obama's state of the union addresses in 90 seconds twitter:description: The president will give his annual temperature reading of the nation on Tuesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44f107aac47c3455/69877abd3c1639c545451435/465685413.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch 5 Years of Obama's State of the Union Addresses in 90 Seconds  by [Arpita Aneja](https://time.com/author/arpita-aneja/)  ## Arpita Aneja Jan 20, 2015 12:38 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 28, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 28, 2014.Larry Downing—Pool/Getty Images  by [Arpita Aneja](https://time.com/author/arpita-aneja/)  ## Arpita Aneja Jan 20, 2015 12:38 PM UTC President Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, giving a temperature reading of the nation before both Houses of Congress and a TV audience of millions. The speech is a platform for the president to give a progress report of how the country has fared over the past year, and to set out plans for the coming one. It is also a good indicator of how the president and the country have changed from year to year. Watch this compilation of five years of Obama’s State of the Union Address. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/"},"headline":"Watch 5 Years of Obama's State of the Union Addresses in 90 Seconds","datePublished":"2015-01-20T12:38:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:41:32.493Z","description":"How things have changed","url":"https://time.com/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/","keywords":["state of the union","politics","Obama","President","us"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44f107aac47c3455/69877abd3c1639c545451435/465685413.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Arpita Aneja","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/arpita-aneja/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44f107aac47c3455/69877abd3c1639c545451435/465685413.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address At U.S. Capitol","caption":"President Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address At U.S. Capitol","creditText":"Larry Downing—Pool/Getty Images","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/3673801/state-of-the-union-90-seconds/","name":"Watch 5 Years of Obama's State of the Union Addresses in 90 Seconds"}}]}] ```