The State of the Union with The World’s newsroom
US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington January 28, 2014.
Tuesday evening The World newsroom live tweeted The State of the Union. Follow #worldwatches for unique perspectives from our producers and reporters, including:
Marco Werman: International takeaways
Patrick Cox: Language
Shefali Kulkarni: Immigration
Monica Campbell: Immigration
Shirin Jaafari: Afghanistan and Iran
Peter Thomson: Climate, energy and environment
We've also set up a list of international leaders and journalists who were tweeting Tuesday. Below is the list on Twitter.
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