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What Communities Around the Country Hope to Hear in the State of the Union

President Obama delivers his 2013 State of the Union address tomorrow, which begs the question: ‘What union is he talking about? Which state?’ We are going to take this out of Washington D.C. Just like the old saying about politics,  all  State of the Union addresses are local. Reporting from around the country are WGBH’s  Emily Rooney  in Boston,  Phil […]

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