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Flow Oil and Gas Revenues to Cleantech R&D: Common Ground on Energy?

March 18, 2013, Mark Muro

Obama’s Preschool Plan

February 20, 2013, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

The important shift seems to be the [Obama] administration is not waiting for the legislature, [but is] maximizing the things they can do themselves. [More private capital into infrastructure investment] is not going to solve all our infrastructure problems—we still have a long way to go. [However,] this will go a long way.

February 19, 2013, Robert Puentes, New York Times

Assessing Universal Pre-K Programs in Oklahoma

February 15, 2013, Ted Gayer

The Benefits of a "Fix it First" Approach to America’s Ailing Infrastructure

February 14, 2013, Adam Looney

Establishing a Task Force for Expanding Preschool Programs

February 13, 2013, Ron Haskins

Obama Versus Rubio on Immigration Reform

February 13, 2013, Neil G. Ruiz

Fairness: How President Obama Found His Voice

February 13, 2013, Darrell M. West

President Obama's Pragmatically Progressive SOTU Speech

February 13, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Beyond the State of the Union, A Plan for Nuclear Arms Control

February 13, 2013, Steven Pifer

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Manufacturing Hubs: What and Why?

February 13, 2013, Mark Muro and Kenan Fikri

Reaction and Analysis to President Obama's 2013 State of the Union

February 12, 2013, William A. Galston

Obama's SOTU Should Promote a Continued Path to Financial Reform

February 12, 2013, Michael Barr

The U.S. Must ‘Race to the Shop’ to Spur Economic Growth

February 12, 2013, Bruce Katz and Peter Hamp

A Window for U.S. Action on Climate Change

February 11, 2013, Nathan Hultman

[The H-1B visa issue] is not just an issue for Microsoft and Intel, it’s an issue for the American heartland. There are a lot of companies that need specialist skills, especially in STEM fields, and they just can’t find them locally so they have to search globally. —Neil Ruiz

February 11, 2013

[Obama's tone of his ’08 campaign] hasn’t worked very well, but this is the moment to go back to it, because if he doesn’t, he dooms the rest of his term to squabbling with the Republicans.

February 11, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin, The Daily Beast

The Strategy For Afghanistan

February 11, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Neocons Versus Realists Is So 2008

February 11, 2013, Thomas Wright

Don't Ease Up on Exports

February 11, 2013, Amy Liu

Don’t hold your breath [on Obama seriously tackling entitlement reform]. He has every reason to sit tight and play to his base. The American public is very much on his side.

February 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, The Daily Beast

Strengthen Federalism: Establish a Regional Export Accelerator Challenge (REACH) Grant Program to Boost U.S. Exports and Trade Capacity

February 11, 2013, Amy Liu, Brad McDearman and Marek Gootman

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A Suggestion for President Obama’s State of the Union Address

February 11, 2013, Bill Frenzel

I think that Obama's second inaugural address will go down in history as the last speech of his election campaign. I think the 2013 State of the Union address will be regarded as the framing speech for his second term. If President Obama wants to be a transformational president and be regarded in history in that way, he's going to have to build on this new vision of government that he's advancing.

February 11, 2013, William A. Galston, AFP

Obama Should Use the State of the Union to Refocus Economic Policy on Equitable Growth and Full Employment, Not Deficits

February 8, 2013, Elisabeth Jacobs