Obama’s State Of The Union Tour Hits Five States

By: Michael McIntee | January 27, 2012

President Obama on his State of the union tour

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President Obama is on a five state tour promoting the economic proposals he made in his State of The Union address. He started in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Conveyer Engineering and then into Arizona to an Intel plant. Thursday he want to Las Vegas and Denver. Today he is in Ann Arbor Michigan to speak about college affordability.

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