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Looking at President Obama’s First Year in Office

January 20, 2010

President Barack Obama was sworn in one year ago. Weeks later, in an address to a joint session of Congress, he outlined the tasks that lay ahead and his agenda to meet the challenges. Darrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies, examines the themes of that speech and the actions President Obama has taken to address them.

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