Transcript: President Obama’s State of the Union 2010
On Wednesday evening President Obama, speaking to a joint session of Congress and the American public, delivered his first ‘State of the Union’ address. As expected the President focused:
1. The Economy and what his administation has done to improve conditions.
2. Taxes, stating 95% of working families received a… Transcript of the President’s speech…
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