President Barack Obama is citing his work to bolster tourism in the United States ahead of an important week in which he'll deliver his last State of the Union address before the 2012 election.

Obama will focus on jobs and inequality in the State of the Union.

President Obama will promise a populist “blueprint for an American economy that’s built to last,” as he seeks to draw a contrast between the Democrats and Republicans in his State of the Union address.

Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms, using his State of the Union address to outline a lasting economic recovery that will "work for everyone, not just a wealthy few."

US President Barack Obama said his showpiece State of the Union address on Tuesday will lay the blueprint for an economy where fairness for all trumps a system tilted toward the "wealthy few."

President Obama will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to deliver an election-year message focused on economic fairness for the middle class and what he calls “a return to American values.” Read full article >>

President Obama is citing his work to bolster tourism in the United States ahead of an important week in which he'll deliver his last State of the Union address before the 2012 election. 

President Obama will use his election-year address to argue that it is the role of government to promote a prosperous and equitable society, setting a stark contrast between parties.

President Obama and his advisors are trying to craft his address in a way that reproaches a 'do-nothing Congress' while keeping the door open to legislative compromise this year. For weeks, President Obama and his top advisors have been meeting around the gleaming table in the Roosevelt Room, debating what to include in the State of the Union address that will double as the national opening of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, offering a glimpse of next week's State of the Union address, made clear on Saturday that he will deliver a starkly partisan election-year call for a "return to American values" of economic fairness. "I'm going to lay out a blueprint for an American economy that's built to last," Obama said in a campaign video sent to supporters. "And most ...