Obama signs executive order for better protection from cyber attacks (Photo: Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking better protection of the country’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks that are a growing concern to the economy and national security. Read the complete story.
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Obama signs executive order for better protection from cyber attacks

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking better protection of the country’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks that are a growing concern to the economy and national security.

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WATCH LIVE: Brian Williams, David Gregory, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Kelly O’Donnell anchor a live special report giving analysis of the State of the Union.

Obama challenges GOP on taxes and spending in State of the Union (Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP) President Barack Obama paired major tax and entitlement reform proposals with sweeping new initiatives he said would bolster the middle class in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the first of his second term. Read the complete story and watch the State of the Union address live.
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Obama challenges GOP on taxes and spending in State of the Union

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President Barack Obama paired major tax and entitlement reform proposals with sweeping new initiatives he said would bolster the middle class in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the first of his second term.

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Ad-libbed, asleep, and going for gold: Memorable States of the Union (Photo: NBC News) Formulaic and often little more than a point-by-point policy primer, the State of the Union – which is not technically required to be a speech – is often something many Americans watch out of sheer democratic obligation. But even the staid corridors of Congress can come alight with the unscripted during the president’s constitutionally mandated address to legislators. Here are some of the more memorable State of the Union moments from history.
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Ad-libbed, asleep, and going for gold: Memorable States of the Union

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Formulaic and often little more than a point-by-point policy primer, the State of the Union – which is not technically required to be a speech – is often something many Americans watch out of sheer democratic obligation. But even the staid corridors of Congress can come alight with the unscripted during the president’s constitutionally mandated address to legislators.

Here are some of the more memorable State of the Union moments from history.

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Shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton’s mother to attend State of the Union (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images) The mother of Chicago gun-violence victim Hadiya Pendleton will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama, who attended the 15-year-old’s funeral over the weekend, White House aides said Monday. Read the complete story.
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Shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton’s mother to attend State of the Union

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The mother of Chicago gun-violence victim Hadiya Pendleton will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama, who attended the 15-year-old’s funeral over the weekend, White House aides said Monday.

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Rubio to deliver GOP’s State of the Union response (Photo: Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will deliver Republicans’ response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, GOP leaders announced Wednesday. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., selected Rubio — an influential Latino conservative who was first elected in 2010 — to speak for Republicans in their official response to the president’s speech. Read the complete story.
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Rubio to deliver GOP’s State of the Union response

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will deliver Republicans’ response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, GOP leaders announced Wednesday.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., selected Rubio — an influential Latino conservative who was first elected in 2010 — to speak for Republicans in their official response to the president’s speech.

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