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Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address To Joint Session Of Congress
U.S. President Barack Obama is applauded by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner while delivering his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill January 25, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBS) - President Barack Obama will make perhaps his highest profile case for reelection Tuesday, delivering a State of the Union address that will lay out a populist economic agenda he hopes will connect with middle-class voters. It is Mr. Obama's third State of the Union address and comes at a time when the country, and Congress in particular, remains highly polarized. And with the president a constant target of Republican presidential hopefuls, the White House knows just how high the stakes are with the speech that will be watched by tens of millions of Americans.

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