U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with House Speaker John Boehner, (R-OH), after Obama’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. [REUTERS/Larry Downing]
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President Barack Obama (R) talks with Representative Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona last year as Rep. Jeff Flake (L) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R) look on before Obama’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. [REUTERS/Larry Downing]
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U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he walks along the colonnade outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, January 24, 2012. [REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst]
President Barack Obama will pitch new initiatives on jobs, taxes and housing in an election-year State of the Union address on Tuesday, making a sweeping case for a second term despite the slow U.S. economic recovery and high jobless rate.
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![President Barack Obama (R) talks with Representative Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona last year as Rep. Jeff Flake (L) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R) look on before Obama’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. [REUTERS/Larry Downing]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyc5rq0iyQ1qmaoalo1_1280.jpg)

![U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he walks along the colonnade outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, January 24, 2012. [REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst]
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