Special Guests
The State of the Union addresses are always a joint session of Congress, but there were other people invited to the President’s speech. The first guest mentioned was the interim leader of Afghanistan, Chairman Hamid Karzai. Another Afghani leader present was Dr. Sima Samar the Minister of Woman’s Affairs (Wikipedia link). Shannon Spann, the wife of CIA officer and Marine Michael Spann, was present and her story mentioned in the president’s speech. Flight attendants Hermis Moutardier and Christina Jones were present and commended by the president. There were twenty other citizens invited to the speech on the First Lady’s guest list:
- Mr. Conrad Rodriguez
- Ms. Sarah Sandoval
- Mrs. Sadoozai Panah
- Mrs. Shannon Spann
- Mr. James Hoffa
- Mr. W. Mitt Romney
- Mr. James Edmund Shea
- Mr. William Best
- Mr. Daniel Cabrera
- Mr. Nick Calio
- Mrs. Jenna Welch
- Mrs. Jan O’Neill
- Mr. Joe O’Neill,
- Mrs. Renae Chapman
- Sergeant First Class Ronnie Raikes
- Sergeant First Class Michael S. McElhiney
- Specialist Angela M. Ortega
- Mayor Anthony Williams
- Bishop Wilton Gregory
- Mrs. Rhoda Reeves
Read more about this topic: 2002 State Of The Union Address
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