SOTU- Preview -- USAGM
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- SOTU- Preview -- USAGM
- February 26, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Ukraine, Pandemic, Economy Likely to Lead Biden’s First State of the Union Address TEASER: Biden to use annual address to push agenda, and to discuss current hot topics including Ukraine, pandemic and economy PUBLISHED AT: 2/25/22, 9:06 pm BYLINE: Anita Powell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Bakhtiyar Zamanov SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Mia Bush, DJ VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:17 VID APPROVED BY: Holly Franko TYPE: EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO:)) [[The escalating conflict in Ukraine, the grinding pandemic and, as always, the economy are likely to dominate President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech on Tuesday. This customary presidential speech comes at an unusual time in history, analysts say. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from Washington. ]] ((NARRATOR)) The constitutionally mandated address is the rhetorical highlight of the year for a U.S. president. Joe Biden is no exception, but this year’s State of the Union – his first, although he has previously addressed a joint session of Congress – comes at an especially fraught time. The White House says that during the Tuesday night speech, Biden is likely to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provide his wider view of the world. ((Radio:: Press secretary Jen Psaki:)) ((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary)) “We are in the middle of an active invasion. So I just can't give you a preview of what that will look like in the State of the Union. As it relates to how the president views his approach to foreign policy – you know, the president ran for president wanting to return America’s seat at the world, wanting to return to a time where other leaders around the world could trust the word and the commitments of the United States, and what you have seen over the last few months, is the president deliver on exactly that.“ ((NARRATOR)) In the past week, Biden has delivered, and delivered, and delivered several speeches on the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Among Americans, Biden should expect a partisan split in the reaction he gets when discussing what he sees as the greatest threat to global security since World War Two. ((RADIO: Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute)) ((Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute)) ((courtesy: SKYPE)) “The country generally rallies behind a president when we face an international crisis. If you watch Tucker Carlson [conservative commentator] or listen to Donald Trump or know what many Republicans in Congress have been saying, we're not going to get that rallying around the president by a significant share of the population. The tribal divisions are there now, for even things that affect American national security.” ((NARRATOR)) Presidents also use this speech to sell Congress on their domestic agenda and bills they want to pass. And there is one topic every president is expected to cover in the State of the Union address, says Jeremi Suri, a historian at the University of Texas at Austin: ((Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin)) ((courtesy: SKYPE)) “Every president comments on the economy because they all want to say the state of the economy is such that we are getting richer, we are doing better than ever before. The only exceptions when presidents don't talk about the economy are when we are at war ourselves.” ((NARRATOR)) One thing that is certain: America, and much of the world, will be listening to what he has to say. The address begins at 9 p.m. in Washington on Tuesday. ((Anita Powell, VOA News, Washington))
- Transcript/Script Ukraine, Pandemic, Economy Likely to Lead Biden’s First State of the Union Address TEASER: Biden to use annual address to push agenda, and to discuss current hot topics including Ukraine, pandemic and economy PUBLISHED AT: 2/25/22, 9:06 pm BYLINE: Anita Powell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Bakhtiyar Zamanov SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Mia Bush, DJ VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:17 VID APPROVED BY: Holly Franko TYPE: EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO:)) [[The escalating conflict in Ukraine, the grinding pandemic and, as always, the economy are likely to dominate President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech on Tuesday. This customary presidential speech comes at an unusual time in history, analysts say. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from Washington. ]] ((NARRATOR)) The constitutionally mandated address is the rhetorical highlight of the year for a U.S. president. Joe Biden is no exception, but this year’s State of the Union – his first, although he has previously addressed a joint session of Congress – comes at an especially fraught time. The White House says that during the Tuesday night speech, Biden is likely to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provide his wider view of the world. ((Radio:: Press secretary Jen Psaki:)) ((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary)) “We are in the middle of an active invasion. So I just can't give you a preview of what that will look like in the State of the Union. As it relates to how the president views his approach to foreign policy – you know, the president ran for president wanting to return America’s seat at the world, wanting to return to a time where other leaders around the world could trust the word and the commitments of the United States, and what you have seen over the last few months, is the president deliver on exactly that.“ ((NARRATOR)) In the past week, Biden has delivered, and delivered, and delivered several speeches on the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Among Americans, Biden should expect a partisan split in the reaction he gets when discussing what he sees as the greatest threat to global security since World War Two. ((RADIO: Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute)) ((Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute)) ((courtesy: SKYPE)) “The country generally rallies behind a president when we face an international crisis. If you watch Tucker Carlson [conservative commentator] or listen to Donald Trump or know what many Republicans in Congress have been saying, we're not going to get that rallying around the president by a significant share of the population. The tribal divisions are there now, for even things that affect American national security.” ((NARRATOR)) Presidents also use this speech to sell Congress on their domestic agenda and bills they want to pass. And there is one topic every president is expected to cover in the State of the Union address, says Jeremi Suri, a historian at the University of Texas at Austin: ((Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin)) ((courtesy: SKYPE)) “Every president comments on the economy because they all want to say the state of the economy is such that we are getting richer, we are doing better than ever before. The only exceptions when presidents don't talk about the economy are when we are at war ourselves.” ((NARRATOR)) One thing that is certain: America, and much of the world, will be listening to what he has to say. The address begins at 9 p.m. in Washington on Tuesday. ((Anita Powell, VOA News, Washington))
- NewsML Media Topics Politics
- Topic Tags State of the Union
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 25, 2022 21:24 EST
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English