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Vice President Joe Biden, left, House Speaker John Boehner, right, listen as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech. Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided…

Feb 12

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Join Us for a State of the Union Google Hangout

Before President Obama makes his State of the Union address tonight, join PBS NewsHour for a Google Hangout hosted by politics editor Christina Bellantoni. She'll speak with a group of journalists on what they expect to hear in tonight's speech…

EmbedVideo(5696, 482, 304); PBS NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan spoke to presidential speechwriters Don Baer and Michael Gerson. Cabinet Secretaries prowling the halls for clues, White House staffers crafting secret policy -- it sounds straight out of the TV…