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President Barack Obama offered a brief preview Tuesday of his State of the Union address, telling his Cabinet that he won’t wait for Congress to act on key agenda items in 2014.
“I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone,” he said at his first Cabinet meeting of the year. Outlining the strategy, Obama said he plans to use his pen to sign executive actions and his phone to convene outside groups in support of his agenda if Congress proves unable or unwilling to act on his priorities.
“One of the things that I will be emphasizing in this meeting is the fact that we are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we are providing Americans the kind of help that they need,” he added, flanked by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
“Overall, the message to my Cabinet, and that will be amplified in our State of the Union, is that we need all hands on deck to build on the recovery that we’re already seeing. The economy is improving but it’s in need of improving even faster,” Obama said.
The president said it’s his hope that 2014 will be remembered as the “year when we didn’t just turn the corner in the aggregate for the economy but everybody’s started feeling more optimistic about our futures.”
Obama also welcomed the bipartisan budget that congressional Democrats and Republicans released on Monday. “I’m very pleased,” he said, as he called on both houses of Congress to pass it quickly.
Responding to a shouted question about the NSA and his speech set for Friday, Obama said he’s getting close to finishing it. “I’ll have quite a bit to say about that very soon,” he said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/obama-state-of-the-union-2014-strategy-102151.html#ixzz2qxA62vnD
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