Peter Hoskin

Obama’s speech to Congress

Here’s complete footage of Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress last night (you can read a full transcript here).  Unsurprisingly, it’s economy-heavy and contains plenty of Reaganesque nods to the spirit of the American people, but it’s striking just how much Obama mentions getting the budget deficit down:

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