(NYU Local, January 28, 2010)

President Obama delivered a highly anticipated State of the Union address last night, identifying the issues and offering proposals for a wide variety of topics from health care to economic recovery to college affordability (yes, that’s “college”+”affordability”!). He was intent on restoring public confidence in his administration. Though he spoke for a bit in his rhetoric of hope, he acknowledged his hand in last year’s political setbacks. Oh, and he dared make a few jabs at the Republicans. In case you missed it, listed below are the main points of his one hour and 11 minute speech.

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