Delivers his first address to a joint session of congress on tuesday, february 28. Up next on cspan, you look at the first speeches to congress by the last five president s. Ronald reagan, george h. W. Bush, bill clinton, george w. Bush and barack obama. The speeches, which are not considered state of the Union Addresses focus on policy priorities of the new administration. We begin with Ronald Reagan speaking before the congress on february 18, 1981. [cheers and applause] members of the congress, i had the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [cheers and applause] thank you. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] [cheers and applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , distinguished members of congress, honored guests and fellow citizens, only a month ago i was your guest in this Historic Building and i pledge to you my cooperation and doing what is right for this nation th
Session of congress on generate 28 generate 28. February 28. 8 we look back at the first speeches of president clinton, obama and both president bushes. Members of the congress, i have the highest privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. [applause] president reagan thank you. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, distinguished members of congress, honored guests and fellow citizens, only a month ago, i was you are guest in this Historic Building and i pledged to you my cooperation in doing what is right for this nation that we all love so much im here tonight to reaffirm that pledge and to ask that we share in restoring the promise that is offered to every citizen by this with the last best hope of man honor. All of us are aware of the punishing inflation which has held a doubledigit figure for two years in a row. All across this land, one can see newly built homes
Session of congress on generate 28 generate 28. February 28. 8 we look back at the first speeches of president clinton, obama and both president bushes. Members of the congress, i have the highest privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. [applause] president reagan thank you. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, distinguished members of congress, honored guests and fellow citizens, only a month ago, i was you are guest in this Historic Building and i pledged to you my cooperation in doing what is right for this nation that we all love so much im here tonight to reaffirm that pledge and to ask that we share in restoring the promise that is offered to every citizen by this with the last best hope of man honor. All of us are aware of the punishing inflation which has held a doubledigit figure for two years in a row. All across this land, one can see newly built homes
Session of congress on generate 28 generate 28. February 28. 8 we look back at the first speeches of president clinton, obama and both president bushes. Members of the congress, i have the highest privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. [applause] president reagan thank you. [applause] president reagan thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, distinguished members of congress, honored guests and fellow citizens, only a month ago, i was you are guest in this Historic Building and i pledged to you my cooperation in doing what is right for this nation that we all love so much im here tonight to reaffirm that pledge and to ask that we share in restoring the promise that is offered to every citizen by this with the last best hope of man honor. All of us are aware of the punishing inflation which has held a doubledigit figure for two years in a row. All across this land, one can see newly built homes
Russia, china, iran and north korea. This is about two hours. Good morning. The Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general john e. Hyten to be commander of the United States Strategic Command. We congratulate you on your nomination. We thank you for your decades of distinguished service and your willingness to serve, once again. Of course we know today woul not be possible without the support and sacrifice of your family and friends, some of whom are with us this morning. As is your tradition, we hope you take the opportunity to introduce your family joining you today. General hyten threats o to the United States and allies have increased recently. We confront security challenges in the world and in domain including nuclear, cyber and space. This new strategic challenge has implications for stratcom. Scholars and strategists warned we have entered a quote, Second Nuclear age. This is not something the United States has chosen and indeed there are