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A frustrated Obama is still hoping to enact change

Times Higher Education, U.K.

February 2, 2012

In an election year, it came as no surprise that President Barack Obama's State of the Union address contained the now-familiar soaring rhetoric as well as announcements designed to please students and recent graduates - voters who proved vital to his victory in 2008. However, with the power of the executive office to enact policy being limited, and with Republicans looking to oust Mr Obama in November's election, there are doubts about how many of his lofty ambitions will be realised in the months ahead.

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