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These are the leads I've found on various news sites around the way within 45 minutes of the end of Obama's first State of the Union address.

NYT: "With his legislative agenda stalled and unemployment stuck in double-digits, President Obama used his first formal State of the Union address Wednesday night to outline his efforts to rebuild a "tested" nation and put more Americans to work."

LAT: "Every Borscht Belt comedian knows that it is best to leave an audience with a zinger that will always be remembered. President Obama, in his best speeches on race and on winning the presidency, did that."

WaPo: "President Obama delivered an urgent plea for unity on Wednesday night during his first State of the Union address, seeking to recapture the energy that propelled him into office — and reverse his party's trajectory on the heels of recent setbacks."

AP: "Declaring "I don't quit,'" an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh stimulus spending. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would not abandon ambitious plans for longer-term fixes to health care, energy, education and more."

Chicago Tribune: "President Barack Obama, vowing a new commitment to fiscal restraint while renewing his bid for an overhaul of healthcare, called on Americans Wednesday night to repair "a deficit of trust." "

The Guardian UK: "Barack Obama bowed to public anger against his presidency by using his first state of the union speech to address many of the concerns of voters and to make creation of more than a million jobs the overwhelming priority for the coming year."

WSJ: "President Barack Obama, seeking to recapture the promise of change the propelled him to the White House, returned to his pledges to remake Washington after a bruising first year that saw his approval ratings drop and his ambitious agenda founder."

Times Online UK: "President Obama defied expectations and mounting evidence of disarray in his own Government to declare in his first annual speech to the joint houses of Congress last night that "our union is strong"."

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