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  • President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
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  • Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address included an impromptu water break to quench his thirst.
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  • President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs.
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  • Republicans warned Tuesday that President Barack Obama's second-term agenda would bring more tax increases and escalate deficit spending, vowing that they would guard against Washington-centric policies and help middle-class families rebound from years of tepid economic growth.
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  • The text of the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address:
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  • The following is text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks about fatherhood at a Fathers Day event at the Town Hall Education Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) theater in Washington, Monday, June 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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  • President Barack Obama speaks about fatherhood at a Fathers Day event at the Town Hall Education Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) theater in Washington, Monday, June 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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  • After 19 years running state unemployment offices across northern Missouri, Steve Moore can rattle off the names of shuttered factories in this old railroad town with ease.
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  • President Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen at rear. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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  • President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and has tried dividing Americans, not uniting them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president's State of the Union address.
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  • Text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:
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  • President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires.
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  • See how the State of the Union address looked since 1936.
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  • Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been given an emotional welcome to the House floor for the State of the Union speech.
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  • President Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen at rear. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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  • Sara Ferguson
  • Addressing a divided nation amid a determined GOP campaign to take his job, President Barack Obama is preparing to issue a populist cry for economic fairness as he aims to corral the sympathies of middle-class voters 10 months before Election Day.
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  • Michelle Bachman
  • Watch the official Tea Party response from Rep. Michelle Bachmann to Obama's State of the Union address.
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  • The nation faces a crushing burden of debt and is on course for an economic disaster, Rep. Paul Ryan said.
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  • President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival.
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  • President Barack Obama is applauded on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, prior to delivering his State of the Union address in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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  • The text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House.
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  • The text of Republican response to the State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
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  • Brandon Ford
  • President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, and the political landscape has changed since his address last year.
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  • Vice President Joe Biden
  • Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday assailed last week's Supreme Court's decision removing limits on corporate campaign spending, calling it "dead wrong."
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  • State of the Union
  • Declaring "I don't quit,"' an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night.
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  • Read the full text of President Obama's State of the Union Address as released by the White House.
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  • High Speed Rail Animation
  • A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and sell the program as a jobs creator.
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