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Archive Home > 2013 > February > 13 > Priority for 2nd term: helping the middle class

Priority for 2nd term: helping the middle class

Full transcript, www.bendbulletin.com/speech • Excerpts from Rubio and Paul, www.bendbulletin.com/speech •

By Scott Wilson / The Bulletin
February 13, 2013

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama challenged Congress Tuesday night to assist an American middle class squeezed by rising costs and stagnant wages, making clear that he will devote much of his second term to closing the income gap between rich and poor.

In his first State of the Union address....

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