Obama's State of the Union

-A lot of references to normal citizens with normal jobs being the backbone of America
-Joe Biden smiles a lot and John Boehner seems to be indifferent about the president's SOTU speech
-America is now the #1 place to invest not China(all during his presidency)
-2014 potentially America's year to become a stronger nation
-Belief in possibilities and furthering yourself in life connects and unites all of America
-Last 4 years there has been economic growth, America is recovering
-Wants to strengthen middle class and provide new opportunities for them(will be working with Congress closely to ensure the middle class gets the proper attention)
-More construction workers ASAP,
-Wants to beat other countries for high tech research and manufacturing jobs
-Wants to undo the financial cuts to research done by Congress
-America is closer to energy independence than decades before because of him
-America is the global leader in oil and solar power
-USA has reduced carbon dioxide emission more than any other country(America is slowly becoming clean)
-Immigration reform will reduce our debt by trillions of dollars(wants immigration reform by this year)
-Wants to train Americans by proving them skills to attain jobs that fir their expertise(VP will lead this)
-Wants Congress needs to restore the unemployment insurance for Americans
-Wants high quality pre-k education programs for children
-Wants to help men of color to be on track and reach their full potential
-Women need equal pay for equal work,"when women succeed, America succeeds"
-5 states have raised minimum wage because of Obama and also many private businesses are raising their minimum wage
-Executive Order on raising minimum wage to $10.10
-Talk to treasury to help Americans have an easier way to save money and have a good retirement plan if employers cannot provide one for their employees (MyRA?)
-Says his(Obama) health insurance helps people from becoming bankrupt
-Congress is strengthening the Voting Rights Act
-All troops are out of Iraq, 60k troops out of Afghanistan, troops are now in the support role, war will be over by the end of this year(2014)
-USA will support a unified Afghanistan after 2014(drafted a contract from them to sign), also will train Afghan troops and protect from Al Qaeda
-Wants to strengthen  America from cyber attacks
-Wants to neutralize terrorist threats that are still present in Syria
-Will fight battles than need to be fought(will use force if needed)
-America needs to move off  a war footing
-Reform the use of surveillance programs
-With war ending, wants to close Guantanamo Bay
-Because of American Diplomacy, there are less nuclear threats and halted Iran's nuclear program for more than a decade. Wants to negotiate peacefully with Iran.
-America is like a big brother to most countries. Helping them from tyranny and fear.
-Republicans were silent and not clapping as much as the Democrats and regular American citizens
-Huge emphasis on getting people jobs and helping the middle class

Links:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/28/obama-state-of-the-union-executive-orders-overreach/4962515/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2014/01/28/obamas-2013-state-of-the-union-proposals-what-flopped-and-what-succeeded/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-state-of-the-union-address-20140128,0,3561888.story

Transcript:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/us/politics/state-of-the-union-address-text.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Politics&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

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