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Obama Dept: In a panoramic state of the union address, Obama used the annual ritual of a joint session of Congress to tout new drawdowns in Afghanistan, a healing housing market and ambitious plans for high-technology, infrastructure investment, education, energy, climate, immigration and gun control as central to shared recovery, according to The Star. Pointing to more than a decade of sliding wages and incomes, Obama said it is Washington s task to reignite the true engine of America s economic growth a rising, thriving middle class and wASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama fixed like a laser on middle-class revival Tuesday night, framing the restoration of the American Dream as the centrepiece of his second-term agenda. And Obama did it with a vow of revenue-neutrality pledging to work with Republicans to build a fully paid-for budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.