Fewer Presidents have used either the State of the Union Address or

the media to set a nation's agenda.

Select one:

True

False

These days, the State of the Union-the yearly speech by the U. S. president in front of the two houses of Congress, giving his view on the state of the nation and his legislative goals for the year-is as familiar a late January tradition as failing New Year's resolutions and playoff football. But though its roots go all the way back to the nation's founding, the State of the Union as we know it is a thoroughly modern tradition.