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The State of the Union speech, the Republicans, and next year's presidential campaign.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. At a clean tech energy company in Wisconsin today, President Obama reemphasized last night's theme that innovation will create the jobs of the future.

But in the official response to his State of the Union address, Republicans said his call for investment was a recipe for more government

spending. What else did the

President tell a divided Congress and

the American people? What are the

prospects for new legislation? And

for the political future?

On reporters' notebook later on,

Why do we smile? We'll hear the latest research on that. First, here's the news.

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and its campaign for American workers. More at rockfound.org. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with

To the Point. President Obama went to the battleground state of Wisconsin today to emphasize

last night's call for investment in clean energy. We'll 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're here the latest

research on smiles and how they're perceived by other people. First, this news update 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. We've also got to make sure that the breakthroughs,

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