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Fri 01 Jan 2010Obama greeted with politeness, some yawning and texting
Barack Obama’s speech was long, detailed and mostly conciliatory, and the reaction was tepid and bipartisan, writes DANA MILBANKin Washington
IT WAS as cold as a meat locker in the House chamber on Wednesday night as politicians and members of the judiciary filed in to hear President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Several donned overcoats and two wrapped themselves in blankets.
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