State of Union 2011

In the State of Union President Obama summed up the challenges facing the country and his plans to meet them. This was the first by-partisanship seating in the history of SOU. He appointed to the country's number one issue, jobs. The unemployment rate is still horrific and called for new investments such as clean energy and education. Obama spoke about innovation and how we has a country need to 'out build' the rest of the world. He claims;"to get behind this innovation and to help pay for it " he is asking congress to eliminate the billions in tax payer dollars we give to oil companies. It was very humorous when he rhetorically asked "i don't know if you have noticed?.. But they are doing just FINE on their own". Obama also threatened to veto any bill set on his desk with ear marks inside. Health care was defended by Obama, even tho it was repealed by republicans. He also spoke about a personal case who was now hopeful for her children to have a good future because she was become an inspiration to them since she returned to pursue her education. One of my favorite part's of the speech is when he spoke about the United States soldiers, he said that there is a diversity of race and different types of soldiers that serve us including gay soldiers. Obama said "Starting today their will be no American forbidden to serve the country because of who they love". Debt was talked about constantly, the government spends more then what they can take in. He talked about cutting down on allot of programs that would help for example, the secretary of defense has agreed to cut down on military spending that are not needed. Although he talked about security and how we have put in efforts to forbid any extremist trying to hurt our homeland. He spoke about how we need to double the export of goods we produce. President Obama's speech was in my opinion encouraging to achieve a higher degree of education. By showing innovation to raise standards of teaching and learning, he will replace no child left behind by race to the top. All in all Obama's speech targeted the economy, and how business's need not only consumers but credit in order to create jobs , to how America didn't vote for gridlock, he asks a reform to improve this nation, and lastly sacrifices will need to be made to improve the future of the United States of America.

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