President Biden's State of the Union Address to Focus on Ukraine, Economy

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🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The war in Ukraine, the economy and the pandemic are the expected centerpieces of President Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, which comes as Russia’s invasion escalates, triggering a refugee and humanitarian crisis in Europe and unleashing economic shocks around the globe. President Biden's address in the halls of the U.S. Capitol that a little over a year ago was overrun by insurrectionists also comes at a critical time as Democrats work to shore up their slim majority and Republicans work to recapture congressional seats lost in 2020. We’ll talk about Biden’s speech and the milestones that lie ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.5	Coming up on forum, President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night
1:19.2	to a tired and anxious nation, worried about the effects of inflation and climate change,
1:24.6	exhausted by a pandemic in its third year, and trying to make sense of an
1:28.8	altered geopolitical landscape since Russia invaded Ukraine.
1:33.1	Biden's message, we're going to be okay.
1:36.1	This hour, with a panel of reporters, we'll look at what Biden said he'll do in his speech
1:40.5	to address the most important issues facing the country, and hear what matters most to you.
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2:00.7	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. In his first State of the Union address, President Biden tried to highlight signs of an ebbing pandemic to tame inflation worries and renew calls for expanded childcare, elder care, and reinvestments in infrastructure. But the first half of Biden's speech was all about
2:18.6	strengthening the nation's resolve to check Russian aggression, wasting no time going after Vladimir
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