With address, Obama looks to turn a page on first term

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press President Barack Obama speaks during a 2012 campaign event at Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas. In 2012, Obama vaulted to a re-election victory over Mitt Romney, who had staked his bid on the weakest U.S. economic rebound since the Great Depression and had pledged to slash taxe...

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has been looking to historians for guidance on how to shape his second inaugural’s words into a speech for the ages, eager to make good use of his twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity to command the world’s attention.

He wil...

Published: 01/19/2013