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Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS.
I'm Carl Azuz.
Last night was President Obama's final State of theUnion Address.
He has reached his two-term presidential limit.
So, that's where we're starting today on CNNSTUDENT NEWS.
There was some breaking news in the hours before the speech.
The Middle Eastern nation of Iran captured 10 American sailors on two boats in the Persian Gulf.
They were small craft like these.
There were conflicting reports by different Iranian news agencies about whether the sailors werearrested or rescued by Iranian forces.
But the U.S. sailors themselves and the Obama administration said they expected theAmericans to be released this morning.
While that was going on, President Obama headed toward the podium in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives at 9:00 last night.
His aim was to portray America as a nation on a rebound, as he started his last year in office.
We live on a time of extraordinary change, change that's reshaping the way we live, the waywe work, our planet, our place in the world.
It's change that promises amazing medical breakthroughs but also economic disruptions thatstrain working families.
It promises education for girls in the most remote villages, but also connects terrorists plottingan ocean away.
It's change that can brought an opportunity, or widen inequality.
And whether we like it or not, the pace of this change will only accelerate.
The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in theworld.
We're in the middle of the longest streak of private sector job creation in history.
More than 14 million new jobs, the strongest two years of job growth since the 1990s, anunemployment rate cut half.
It's U.S. tradition for the opposing political party to respond to the president's State of theUnion speech.
It's been happening since the 1960s.
The president is a Democrat, the opposing party is Republican.
So, Republican Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina delivered last night's response.
Her aim was to highlight her party's vision for an America significantly different from PresidentObama's.
Barack Obama's election as president seven years ago broke historic barriers and inspiredmillions of Americans.
As he did when he first ran for office, tonight, President Obama spoke eloquently about grandthings.
He's at his best when he does that.
Unfortunately, the president's record has often fallen far short of his soaring words.
As he enters his final year in office, many Americans are still feeling the squeeze of an economytoo weak to raise income levels.
We're feeling a crushing national death, a health care plan that has made insurance lessaffordable, and doctors less available, and chaotic unrest in many of our cities.
Even worse, we are facing the most dangerous terrorist threat our nation has since September11th.
And this president appears unwilling or unable to deal with it.
All right. Let's check in now with three of the schools watching CNN STUDENT NEWS.
These requests all came from yesterday's transcript page at CNNStudentNews.com.
One, Wauneta-Palisade High School.
It's in Wauneta, Nebraska, the home of the Broncos.
Two, Beloit Memorial School.
The Knights are here today.
Beloit, Wisconsin, is on the roll.
And three, from Munich, Germany, welcome to our viewers at Phorms Munchen.
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