economy out of recession. 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, Afghan Interim Authority Chairman Hamid Karzai. Another Afghan leader present was Dr. Sima Samar the Minister of Woman's Affairs. Also a guest was Afghan Interim Authority Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. 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. Guest List Chairman Hamid Karzai Dr. Sima Samar Dr. Abdullah Ms. Christina Jones Ms. Hermis Moutardier 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 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 See also 2002 United States House of Representatives elections References External links 2002 State of the Union Address (full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara Entire 2002 State of the Union Address (video) at C-SPAN Entire 2002 State of the Union Response (video) at C-SPAN Entire 2002 State of the Union Response (transcript) Audio of Bush's First State of the Union Address State of the Union Address 2002 State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Presidency of George W. Bush State of the Union Address 2002 2002 War on terror