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                        US STATE OF THE UNION (2nd add)

   President Obama urged Congress to support American innovation, saying
   the nation that goes "all-in on innovation today will own the global
   economy tomorrow."
   Mr. Obama called on lawmakers to undo the damage done by last year`s
   cuts to basic research, saying the innovation edge is an edge the U.S.
   "cannot surrender."
   Promoting domestic energy production as a way to bring back jobs, Mr.
   Obama said the U.S. is closer to energy independence than it has been
   in decades, as a result of the energy strategy he announced a few years
   ago.
   He said lawmakers can help by putting people to work building fueling
   stations that shift more cars and trucks from foreign oil to American
   natural gas.
   President Obama said the U.S. also is becoming a global leader in solar
   energy. He called for a smarter tax policy that "stops giving $4
   billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don`t need it," so the
   U.S. can invest more in fuels of the future that do.
   He also highlighted partnerships the government has formed with
   businesses and communities to reduce energy consumption. He said the
   U.S. has reduced its total carbon pollution more than any other nation,
   but called for acting with "more urgency," noting the damage climate
   change is already doing to communities.
   Mr. Obama also pressed for the passage of comprehensive immigration
   reform this year, saying if the nation is serious about economic
   growth, it is time to fix the broken U.S. immigration system.
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