2016 State of the Union Address LIVE POST @ 9PM EST

Jan 12, 2016 19:00



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As White House officials began preparing for President Barack Obama's final State of the Union speech, they dug up past "eighth-year" speeches and found something in common -- nearly all of them looked back.

It was tempting for the President to follow the lead of his predecessors, take a victory lap and mainly tout his administration's achievements. But Obama's instruction to his team was simple: Don't do that.

"Don't take our foot off the gas," the President told a group of West Wing aides and speechwriters preparing drafts of the speech, according to a senior White House official who attended meeting.

As his top aides have described it, Obama has chosen to deliver a "nontraditional" State of the Union.

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