President Barack Obama announced a new national effort to cure cancer, with Vice President Joe Biden leading the charge, during his final State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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“And I believe the history books will show, that President Barack Obama left this nation much better shape than he found it”.
Front and center were the subjects of national security, climate change and more, but none of those were the president’s primary focus. “As a part of both of those visits, the president will spend some time in smaller settings, visiting with members of the community, in addition to addressing larger crowds in both of those communities”. “Well, so is all the rhetoric you hear about our enemies getting stronger and America getting weaker”, Mr Obama said, adding that “our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected… and when it comes to every important global issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead – they call us”.
Subscribe to Times of San Diego’s free daily email newsletter! . America is still the most powerful nation on earth with a military second to none. He encouraged us to us to lay aside whatever divides us and find ways to move forward on common ground, knowing that doing so benefits all of us, including those who depend on our leadership around the world. “And because we did-because we saw opportunity where others saw only peril-we emerged stronger and better than before”.
It was President Obama’s last speech to State of the Union where he spoke in a contemplative and conversational tone. “?they call us”, Obama said.
And the race to succeed him ahead of the November 8 presidential election has already overshadowed Obama’s push to cement his legacy. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) seconded, saying to resist “the siren call of the angriest voices”.
On the 2016 campaign trail, all three Democratic presidential candidates have put forth platforms for how they would overhaul America’s criminal justice system, and they have often talked about reducing the incarceration rates as well as increasing oversight of the nation’s police forces.
President Obama also cited a key ACA provision – one that created public health insurance exchanges – that assures availability of coverage to the uninsured.
Alex Wong/Getty Images A day after his last State of the Union address, President Obama is traveling to Nebraska. And it betrays who we are as a country.
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“But he established that goal 15 (or) 16 months ago and there is no clear strategy for destroying ISIS”, he said, referring to the group also known as the Islamic State.
