Obama's final State of the Union Address will define his presidency

USA Today: WASHINGTON — President Obama's last constitutionally required report to Congress on Tuesday will go beyond the typical "laundry list" of policy proposals that are the hallmark of the annual address, White House aides say, instead delivering what they suggested would be a more profound statement on the State of the Union.

With a Republican-controlled Congress and a presidential campaign in full swing, Obama would be unlikely to get much of his legislative agenda through Congress anyway. And so Tuesday, aides say Obama will use the reflect on not just the year ahead, but his entire presidency — and the generation that grew up in it.

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