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Topic: State of the union 2013

Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama's forgotten agenda

Alex Seitz-Wald
Barack Obama with children in a pre-kindergarten classroom at College Heights early childhood learning center in Decatur February 14, 2013. (Reuters/Jason Reed)

Preschool is a no-brainer

Joan Walsh

Making gun control inevitable

Kerry Eleveld
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Jillian Rayfield

Rubio's charm has its limits

Joan Walsh
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Jillian Rayfield
Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul (AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Who gains from Paul's speech?

Alex Seitz-Wald

Jillian Rayfield
(CNN)

Jillian Rayfield
(CNN)

Jillian Rayfield
(CNN)

Jillian Rayfield
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

John Boehner just sat there

Joan Walsh
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Alex Seitz-Wald
(White House)

Jillian Rayfield
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Alex Pareene
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Jillian Rayfield