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Resolving to ‘cure cancer,’ Obama promises the impossible

In his 2016 State of the Union address last week, United States President Barack Obama declared he wanted America to be the country that "cures cancer once and for all."

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In GOP response to Obama, SC governor defends immigrants

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans should resist "the siren call of the angriest voices" in how the nation treats immigrants, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday as the GOP used its response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to try softening the tough stance

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Home Depot co-founder: Obama’s economy ‘just not working’; he ‘ought to work on his golf’

(CNSNews.com) — "Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction," President Obama said in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night. But hours earlier, Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, said the Obama economy "is just not working," and

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Obama’s final State of the Union: scholars react

Editor's note: In his final State of the Union address, President Obama attempted to remind voters of his accomplishments, give shape to his legacy and set out a vision for America's future. We asked two scholars who study the American presidency to react to the speech.

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Optimism and Obama

In the commercial that President Obama released prior to his final State of the Union address, Obama said he would tell Congress how "optimistic" he is about America's future. Good. Politicians and the media are at their most dangerous when they try to scare us, telling

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Highlights of president’s State of the Union address

President Barack Obama's final State of the Union speech offered little in the way of new policy initiatives, but plenty of upbeat talk about prospects for a strong future. His hour-long address predicated future gains on bridging the partisan divides so evident between the White House and Republican-controlled

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Iran seizes Americans hours before Obama addresses nation

In what some Republicans are calling a defiant act intended to humiliate the United States, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized and detained two U.S. Navy boats and 10 American sailors on Tuesday, just hours before President Obama was to deliver his final State of the Union address to the

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Guests for Obama speech reflect diverse views

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has invited 23 guests to sit with the First Lady during his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, and already the identities of some are making waves. Among those sitting with the First Lady will be Refaai Hamo, a Syrian refugee, and Jim Obergefell,