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struggle4progress

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Mon Jan 27, 2014, 08:32 PM Jan 2014

Obama invites guests to State of the Union

... guests include Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, survivors of the Boston Marathon attack; Gary Bird, the fire chief of Moore, Okla.; Jason Collins, the 12-year <sic> NBA basketball player who announced last year that he is gay; Joey Hudy, an Intel intern from Arizona; and Kathy Hollowell-Makle, the District of Columbia's Teacher of the Year.

Other guests will be announced before the speech, the White House said.

Obama spends Monday practicing his speech; there are no public events on his schedule ...


http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/27/obama-state-of-the-union-boston-marathon/4933739/

I think Collins might actually be 26, rather than 12
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Obama invites guests to State of the Union (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2014 OP
I hope he invites one of the 300,000 people poisoned by extreme extraction Champion Jack Jan 2014 #1
K&R! sheshe2 Jan 2014 #2
No guess who are benefiting from the ACA bigdarryl Jan 2014 #3
Can't wait!!! IrishAyes Jan 2014 #4
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