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Four takeaways from Biden's first State of the Union speech

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U.S. President Joe Biden [Reuters] — U.S. President Joe Biden [Reuters]

U.S. President Joe Biden faced a formidable challenge in his first State of the Union speech, after a year in office buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a jittery economy and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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