Key points from the State of the Union address given by President Obama on Jan. 20:
1. 10 million previously uninsured Americans obtained health coverage in the past year.
2. “As a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend.”
3. Obama will send Congress a new plan to have community college be free of charge.
4. “Surely we can understand the wife who won’t rest until the police officer she married walks through the front door.”
5. Two in three job openings will require a form of higher education by the end of this decade.
6. “If you truly believe you could work full-time & support a family on less than $15,000 a year, try it.”
7. The average American family should save an average of $750, due to the lowering of gas prices and higher fuel standards.
8. Our combat mission in Afghanistan has concluded for the first time since 9/11.
9. “Congress needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really—it’s 2015.”
10. “After a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing & creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.”
