U.S. Army Ranger Honored At The U.S. State Of The Union

The Biggest Applause Of The State Of The Union Was For This Man -- San Jose Mercury News

It wasn't the president who received the longest applause at the State of the Union.

To end his fifth State of the Union on Tuesday, President Obama called on Congress to honor Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg, an Army ranger who was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan and who suffered a traumatic brain injury. He sat next to Michelle Obama during the State of the Union as a guest of honor.

The entire Congress stood up to applaud Remsburg in a bipartisan ovation that lasted more than a minute and a half, one of the longest ever recorded.

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