state of the union address

The Obama administration is announcing plans to lease nearly 38 million acres in the central Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil and gas drilling.

It's part of the push to boost domestic energy supplies that the president outlined in his State of the Union address.

President Obama is also promoting American manufacturing and worker-training efforts this week, as he visits five states likely to be important in the November election.

President Obama gave his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The speech was one part blueprint for economic cooperation, and one part political warning shot — as Obama prepares for a tough re-election campaign.

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In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a "new national commitment" to train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job.

It was not the first time he's proposed this, though.

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The president's State of the Union address will largely be focused on economic matters. Obama intends to offer specific proposals for ideas to boost manufacturing, create more jobs in the U.S. and increase domestic energy production.

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The annual where-we-stand lecture delivered by the president to a joint session of Congress has for decades been an opportunity for a national report card putting current events in calm, codifiable context.

It was a monumental moment in a relatively quiet world. But does it work in the age of Twitter?

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President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, but the nation's governors are just getting started with their State of the State speeches.

But with budget shortfalls in the billions, they are focusing on how to rein in spending and raise revenues.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sue Urahn, managing director of the Pew Center on the States, offer their insight.

The tax system is broken, President Obama said during his State of the Union address. Some companies pay no taxes at all, he said, while others pay among the highest tax rates in the world.

Obama is only the latest government CEO to call for a fairer system.

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Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann didn't deliver the official Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address.

But it was her Tea Party-sponsored speech — and CNN's decision to air it live — that had the world of politics and media buzzing.

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In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Obama appeared before a new Congress, which is half controlled by Republicans.

He urged better cooperation on dealing with America's economic and other woes.

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The White House has released the text of President Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery.

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