State of the Union address gives Obama opportunity to tout economic policies

Washington P

By Karen DeYoung In a speech dominated by domestic issues, President Obama devoted scant attention to national security beyond restating policy positions and saying that anyone who thinks the United States is no longer the world's “one indispensable Why did President Barack Obama spend so little time on technology in his State of The Union [...]

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State of the Union Address 2012: Obama Speech Outlines American Dream …

The Hollywoo

President Barack Obama will deliver this year's State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. The president has the wealth gap on his mind. Obama identified the need for a level economic playing field as "the defining issue of our time" in his State of the Union address Tuesday [...]

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Obama Speech Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness

New York Tim

As President Barack Obama again pledged to repair the American economy in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, some Moberly residents chalked up his pronouncements as just more rosy rhetoric by a 27 speech to be given by president Barack Obama, beginning at 9:35 a.m. at UM's Al Glick Field House, 1300 [...]

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Boehner's SOTU Guests: A Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline

Wall Street

Washington (CNN) — House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday forcefully denounced the Democrats' campaign theme that they are for the middle class and Republicans are for the wealthy – saying the politics the president is Boehner invites pipeline pals to State o' Union. By Scott Rosenberg. 24 Jan 2012 8:52 PM. As the camera pans around [...]

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The State of the Union Address: And So It Begins

New York Tim

On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama is delivering this year's State of the Union address to a joint-session of Congress. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is giving the Republican response to the president's speech. House Speaker John Boehner's guests at tonight's State of the Union address include proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline that President Obama [...]

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