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Reveals U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a new economic plan during his State of the Union address Tuesday evening Bbahaleravae GMT.
This is the third annual letter address by Obama's State of the Union on the progress of the United States, and that before a joint session of U.S. Congress, and enjoys the speech with great interest by the American people are weary of the slow economic recovery.
Obama was announced Saturday during his weekly address that he would see him on the economy that are based on a speech by the new proposals include vision on manufacturing, clean energy and education, which he said would benefit the middle class in America.
It is expected that Obama sheds light on the differences between him and Republican opponents in the floor that are related to themes of his campaign for the current year and offers reasons for entitlement to a second term in the White House.
He stressed the U.S. president that the United States is facing two different directions to a large extent on the economy, one towards "fewer opportunities and less justice," or the economy "works for everyone, not only for a small number of rich people."




Income of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is under severe attacks by Republican rival, the battle for re-election for a second term with delivering a State of the Union speech on Tuesday before Congress focuses on economy, is expected to be strong.
It is expected Obama to deliver his State of the Union, the annual forum of the Great American policy, on Tuesday in front of parliamentarians in the Capitol building in Washington.
And about nine months before the presidential election, this will be a speech, which takes an hour and broadcast live, an opportunity for the President to present his plans to its own nationals in the economic sphere which is centered on the subject focus of months ago, the defense of the middle classes against the wealthy.
At the height of the primaries, the Republicans will make sure Obama to distance himself from the policies advocated by his opponents.
He said Saturday in a video directed at his supporters Democrats "We can go in two directions, first creates fewer opportunities and equal less and the second leads us to work hard - and this path is correct as I think - to build an economy that works for everyone and not for the few privileged."
He talked about "a plan for the U.S. economy is being built in order to continue to" work with four goals: re-launch of the manufacturing sector and the development of alternative energy, vocational training, and "return to American values" based on "justice and the sense of responsibility."
Obama expressed his determination to "Building America, in which all one Pfersth and puts one in which each stone and respects the rules of the game," suggesting implicitly that the Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who faced criticism because of his personal fortune and practices as a business.
Republicans planned to opponents of Obama's election November 6 (January) to a referendum on the state of the economy which is still struggling to recover from the downturn, who scored between 2007 and 2009, despite the significant decline in the unemployment rate.
It seems that the conservative camp has not yet united behind one candidate. Has won the former president of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich in the primary election held on Saturday in South Carolina, which led to cracking site Romney as the candidate most likely to win the Republican nomination to run for the presidential election.
All the Republican candidates are united in rejecting Obama's victory. Have taken their attacks turned violent in the past few days, where Gingrich accused Obama Saturday as a cause "disaster" during his mandate. He also stressed that the president refused to giant oil pipeline project, "Keystone XL" with Canada in order to satisfy the "hard-liners of his friends left"




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WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto their homes. Seeking re-election and needing results, the president invited Republicans to join him but warned, "I intend to fight."

In an emphatic State of the Union address, Obama said ensuring a fair shot for all Americans is "the defining issue of our time." He said the economy is finally recovering from a deep and painful recession and he will fight any effort to return to policies that brought it low.

"We've come too far to turn back now," he declared.

Obama outlined a vastly different vision for fixing the country than the one pressed by the Republicans confronting him in Congress and fighting to take his job in the November election. He pleaded for an active government that ensures economic fairness for everyone, just as his opponents demand that the government back off and let the free market rule.

Obama offered steps to help students afford college, a plan for more struggling homeowners to refinance their homes and tax cuts for manufacturers. He threw in politically appealing references to accountability, including warning universities they will lose federal aid if they don't stop tuition from soaring.

Standing in front of a divided Congress, with bleak hope this election year for much of his legislative agenda, Obama spoke with voters in mind.

"We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by," Obama said. "Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules."

A rare wave of unity splashed over the House chamber at the start. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, survivor of an assassination attempt one year ago, received sustained applause from her peers and cheers of "Gabby, Gabby, Gabby." She blew a kiss to the podium. Obama embraced her.

Lawmakers leapt to their feet when Obama said near the start of his speech that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, killed by a raid authorized by the president, will no longer threaten America.

At the core of Obama's address was the improving but deeply wounded economy — the matter still driving Americans' anxiety and the one likely to determine the next presidency.

"The state of our union is getting stronger," Obama said, calibrating his words as millions remain unemployed. Implicit in his declaration that the American dream is "within our reach" was the recognition that, after three years of an Obama presidency, the country is not there yet.

He spoke of restoring basic goals: owning a home, earning enough to raise a family, putting a little money away for retirement.

"We can do this," Obama said. "I know we can." He said Americans are convinced that "Washington is broken," but he also said it wasn't too late to cooperate on important matters.

Republicans were not impressed. They applauded infrequently, though they did cheer when the president quoted "Republican Abraham Lincoln" as saying: "That government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves — and no more."

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, offering the formal GOP response, called Obama's policies "pro-poverty" and his tactics divisive.

"No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others," Daniels said after the president's address.

In a signature swipe at the nation's growing income gap, Obama called for a new minimum tax rate of at least 30 percent on anyone making over $1 million. Many millionaires — including one of his chief rivals, Republican Mitt Romney — pay a rate less than that because they get most of their income from investments, which are taxed at a lower rate.

"Now you can call this class warfare all you want," Obama said, responding to a frequent criticism from the GOP presidential field. "But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense."

Obama calls this the "Buffett rule," named for billionaire Warren Buffett, who has said it's unfair that his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does. Emphasizing the point, Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, attended the address in first lady Michelle Obama's box.

Obama underlined every proposal with the idea that hard work and responsibility still count. He was targeting independent voters who helped seal his election in 2008 and the frustrated masses in a nation pessimistic about its course.

In a flag-waving defense of American power and influence abroad, Obama said the U.S. will safeguard its own security "against those who threaten our citizens, our friends and our interests." On Iran, he said that while all options are on the table to prevent Iran from