Obama delivers fifth State of the Union, compliments U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Ohio State Representative John Barnes Jr. tells Cleveland Urban News.Com that speech was key to 'the poor, women's rights, Civil Rights,' Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith applauds Obama's courage on controversial issues
United States President Barack Obama By Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press) ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress and drew no less than 13 standing ovations, the longest State of the Union speech of his presidency, other than the one he delivered in congressional chambers in 2010. America's first Black president, a year into his second four-year term, lobbied for the poor, women, children, military personnel, and the middle class, in addition to promoting domestic oil and national gas production, a hike in min