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Assessing Obama's 2011 State of the Union
President Barack Obama went to the battleground state of Wisconsin today to emphasize last night's call for "investment" in clean energy. We hear about the State of the Union address and Republican reaction. On Reporter's Notebook, the latest research on smiles and how they're perceived by other people.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenPresident Barack Obama went to the battleground state of Wisconsin today to emphasize last night's call for "investment" in clean energy. We hear about the State of the Union address and Republican reaction. On Reporter's Notebook, there was lots of smiling last night on Capitol Hill. We hear the latest research on smiles and how they're perceived by other people.
Banner image: A member of Congress wearing a ribbon in support of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), reads along as President Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber on January 25, 2011. Official White House Photo: Pete Souza
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3 storiesObama Takes His State of the Union Message on the Road
At the Orion Energy Systems plant in Wisconsin today, the President told cheering workers that they represent a major theme from last night's speech to a joint session of Congress. Reporter Michael Shear covered last night's address for the New York Times .
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Four years ago, a Russian reporter was interviewing Dr. Paula Niedenthal at her office in Blaise Pascal University in France. When he found out she was American, he said, "American smiles are all false, and French smiles are all true.
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