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Executive Power In The Country Of Checks And Balances

caption: President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday, January 28.
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Tuesday, January 28.
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David Hyde talks with Julian Zelizer, a historian at Princeton University, about President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech and his plans to use his executive power to get things done.

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