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BBC World Service

How the world heard the State of the Union address

Andrew Walker Jan 29, 2014
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BBC World Service

How the world heard the State of the Union address

Andrew Walker Jan 29, 2014
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Last night’s State of the Union speech was all about the American perspective. President Obama focused on income inequality, wages, jobs, and the U.S. middle class. Marketplace Morning Report guest host Lizzie O’Leary checks in with the BBC’s Andrew Walker on how the speech is being received in the rest of the world. (“Basically, a much bigger American story for the most part has been the death of Pete Seeger,” he says.) Click the audio player above to hear the interview.

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